ABDUCT


Meaning of ABDUCT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ æbdʌkt ]

( abducts, abducting, abducted)

If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.

His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...

She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child.

= kidnap

VERB : be V-ed , V n

• ab‧duc‧tion

(abductions)

...the abduction of four youths.

N-VAR

• ab‧duc‧tor

(abductors)

She co-operated with her abductor.

N-COUNT

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