ABDUCTION


Meaning of ABDUCTION in English

abduction 1

/ab duk"sheuhn/ , n.

1. act of abducting.

2. the state of being abducted.

3. Law. the illegal carrying or enticing away of a person, esp. by interfering with a relationship, as the taking of a child from its parent.

[ 1620-30; ABDUCT + -ION ]

abduction 2

/ab duk"sheuhn/ , n. Logic.

a syllogism whose major premise is certain but whose minor premise is probable.

[ 1690-1700; abduction- (s. of abductio; trans. of Gk apagogé ). See ABDUCT, -ION ]

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