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Noun
/abˈdəkSHən/,
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abductions, plural;
  1. The action or an instance of forcibly taking someone away against their will
    • - they organized the abduction of Mr. Cordes on his way to the airport
    • - abductions by armed men in plain clothes
  2. (in legal use) The illegal removal of a child from parents or guardians

  3. The movement of a limb or other part away from the midline of the body, or from another part

  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
  2. (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
  3. (abduce) adduce: advance evidence for
  4. (abduct) kidnap: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
  5. Abduction! by Peg Kehret, is a novel about a 13 year old girl named Bonnie who searches for her brother Matt and their dog Pookie who were both abducted.
  6. Abduction is a 1975 film directed by Joseph Zito.
  7. Abduction is an upcoming American thriller film, directed by John Singleton, and starring Taylor Lautner, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello and Alfred Molina. ...
  8. The Japanese animation television series Death Note, is based on the manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. ...
  9. Abduction, in functional anatomy, is a movement which draws a limb away from the median (Sagittal) plane of the body. It is thus opposed to adduction.
  10. Abduction is a kind of logical inference described by Charles Sanders Peirce as "guessing" . The term refers to the process of arriving at an explanatory hypothesis. ...
  11. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away; The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body; The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is ...
  12. (abduce) (obsolete) To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis. ...
  13. (abduct) To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap; To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position
  14. (Abduct) The ability to abduct another is a rare power, a specific version of the ability to rift that allows a being to bring another being to their plane or to another location on the same plane against the will of the traveler. ...
  15. (Abduct) When one area of the body moves away from another part (such as one leg moving forward to meet the other).
  16. (abduct) If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
  17. (Abducted) away from center of body
  18. (Abducted) The moving of a limb away from a position near or parallel to the median access of the body.
  19. the exact opposite, with an increase in the angle. Also only applies to movement along the coronal plane.An example of this is where extending arms outwards as if to fly.
  20. Moving or pushing an arm or leg away from the body.
  21. To take someone away from a place without that person's consent or by fraud. See also " kidnapping".
  22. Movement of a limb away from middle of body, such as bringing arms to shoulder height from hanging down position.
  23. Unlawfully taking another.
  24. Reasoning that generates hypotheses to explain puzzling facts.
  25. Unlawful removal of a person (often a child) from their home environment.