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/æbdˈəkʃən/ /əbdˈəkʃən/ Listen

noun

Abduction n.

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

(Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

(Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

(Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Abduction" Quotes from Famous Books

... at the windows, where five or six heads were darkening the lower panes, in their eagerness to discover the cause of Louis' forcible abduction; and, walking coolly up to them, bolted them, and drew down both blinds. He then returned to his place, and, drawing his coat-tails under his arms, arranged himself with his back to the fire, exactly opposite to Louis, who stood passively where he had been ...

— Louis' School Days - A Story for Boys • E. J. May

... of the little girl stopped Andy near the door. Instantly his alert mind pictured Waldstricker's present anxiety and the awful retribution he'd exact when he learned of her abduction. He had no idea as yet what Tess intended to do and her attitude revealed no hint. Personally, he was powerless because, to his physical weakness, the storm presented an unsurmountable obstacle. Except for Mother Moll, he was alone ...

— The Secret of the Storm Country • Grace Miller White

... place, what does all this mean? Why this deception—this abduction? Who am I? Where are you being taken? When are you to be restored to your friends? This is what you would ask, is it not? Very well; now to answer you. What does this mean? Why, it means that you have made ...

— The Unseen Bridgegroom - or, Wedded For a Week • May Agnes Fleming

... 1805 Thorvaldsen made his first important bass-relief, "The Abduction of Briseis," which still remains one of the most celebrated of the sculptor's works. Orders now began to come in from all over the world. Marquis Torlogna commissioned Thorvaldsen to make companion pieces to Canova's famous group "Hercules and Lycas" ...

— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson

... times Warburton was of a mind to make a bolt for it, but he did not dare trust the horse or his knowledge of the streets. He had already two counts against him, disorderly conduct and abduction, and he had no desire to add uselessly a third, that of resisting an officer, which seems the greatest possible crime a man can commit and escape hanging. Oh, for a mettlesome nag! There would be no police- station for him, ...

— The Man on the Box • Harold MacGrath

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