abduct
verbUK, US /æbˈdʌkt/
Etymology From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”). * (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.
1
To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- to abduct children
- I was abducted by aliens.
1 more example
- That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.1904, Jules Verne, chapter 16, in The Master of the World, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2012:
- Synonyms
- carry off, drag away, kidnap, run away with, seize, spirit away, stretch, take away
- Derived terms
- abductee, abductive, hyperabduct