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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom;
- Example: "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
[syn: kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch]

2. pull away from the body;
- Example: "this muscle abducts"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Abducting.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See Abduce.] 1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abduct v 1: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" [syn: kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch] 2: pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts" [ant: adduct]