verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
child
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Looting and rape by rebels and their bands of abducted children still occur.
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They will not be the men who abduct children or who are on drugs or drink.
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Read in studio A bogus policeman has tried to abduct two children and to extort an on-the-spot fine from a driver.
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He says she was abusive and accused him of abducting her child .
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A bogus policeman attempts to abduct two children .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Kurdish separatists have abducted a Japanese tourist and are demanding money for his safe return.
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Lawson was abducted from her home.
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Several young women had been abducted from their villages and forced to work as prostitutes.
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The two high school girls were abducted at gunpoint on Tuesday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the age of sixteen, he was abducted from his homeland of Kilpatrick and enslaved in Ireland.
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He could not abduct Ruth, even assuming he had instructions to do so, which seemed unlikely.
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I thought I was abducted by aliens or something.
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In this story, no one abducts Persephone.
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Looting and rape by rebels and their bands of abducted children still occur.