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abduction

noun

1 abduction

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.

Roget 463: experiment; essay etc. (attempt) 675; analysis etc. (investigation) 461; screen; trial, tentative method, t=atonnement.    verification, ... show more

Roget 476: reasoning ratiocination rationalism; dialectics, induction, generalization.    discussion, comment; ventilation; inquiry etc. 461.    argumentation, controversy, debate; ... show more

Roget 789: taking etc. v.; reception etc. (taking in) 296; deglutition etc. (taking food) 298; appropriation, prehension, prensation; ... show more

Roget 289: repulsion; driving from etc. v.; repulse, abduction.    magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation; antigravity.   

Dutch: abductie, kidnapping, ontvoering
Polish: uprowadzenie

2 abduction

physiology Moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body.

Dutch: afvoering, ontvoering, abductie


Moby thesaurus: apprehension, arrest, arrestation, capture, catch, catching, collaring, coup, crimping, dragnet, forcible seizure, grab, grabbing, hold, impressment, kidnapping, nabbing, picking up, power grab, prehension ... show more.

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