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abduct
(/&/b'd/@/kt )

verb (v)

  • take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    kidnap, nobble, snatch
    source: wordnet30
  • pull away from the body(verb.contact)
    Example:
    This muscle abducts.
    Antonym:
    adduct
    source: wordnet30
  • To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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