abduction (redirected from abductions)

ab·duct  (b-dkt)

tr.v. ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts

1. To carry off by force; kidnap.

2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.

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[Latin abdcere, abduct- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab·duct·ee n.

ab·duction n.

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abduction [æbˈdʌkʃən]

n

1. the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the action of certain muscles in pulling a leg, arm, etc. away from the median axis of the body

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abduction - the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife seizure, capture - the act of taking of a person by force
	2.	abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

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abduction

noun kidnapping, seizure, carrying off the abduction of four black youths from a church hostel in Soweto

Translations

abduction [æbˈdʌkʃən] N → rapto m, secuestro m

abduction [æbˈdʌkʃ^ən] n [person, child] → enlèvement m
child abduction → enlèvement m d'enfant
alien abduction → enlèvement m par des extra-terrestres

abduction

n → Entführung f

abduction [æbˈdʌkʃ/ən] n → rapimento, sequestro di persona