Abduction

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abduction
n. kidnapping, seizure, carrying off by force; action of separating a limb or other part from the midline of the body (Medicine); abducing, drawing apart


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Abduction
Abduction may refer to:Kidnapping, as a near synonym in criminal law, but sometimes used particularly in cases involving a woman or childAbduction (physiology), a type of movement involving a change in organ or limb positionAbductive reasoning, a method of reasoning in logicChild abduction, the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older personAbduction phenomenon ("alien abduction"), an umbrella term used to describe a number of hypotheses, claims or assertions stating that extraterrestrial creatures kidnap individualsNorth Korean abductions of Japanese or North Korean abductions of South Koreans, a policy of abduction during the 1970s and 1980s pursued by the North Korean government, a 2005 American documentary filmAbduction (novel), a 2000 novel by novelist Robin CookAbduction (demoparty), a demopartyAbducted (album), an album by death metal band Hypocrisy
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abduction
Noun
1. the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
(hypernym) capture, seizure
(derivation) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
2. (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
(hypernym) motion, movement, move, motility
(derivation) abduct
(classification) physiology


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Abduction
(n.)
The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
  
 
(n.)
The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
  
 
(n.)
The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
  
 
(n.)
A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
  

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abduction
noun
movement of part of the body away from the midline or away from a neighbouring part


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