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abduct

verb
verb
BrE BrE//æbˈdʌkt//
; NAmE NAmE//æbˈdʌkt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they abduct
BrE BrE//æbˈdʌkt//
; NAmE NAmE//æbˈdʌkt//
 he / she / it abducts
BrE BrE//æbˈdʌkts//
; NAmE NAmE//æbˈdʌkts//
 past simple abducted
BrE BrE//æbˈdʌktɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//æbˈdʌktɪd//
 past participle abducted
BrE BrE//æbˈdʌktɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//æbˈdʌktɪd//
 -ing form abducting
BrE BrE//æbˈdʌktɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//æbˈdʌktɪŋ//
 Committing crime, Types of crime
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abduct somebody to take somebody away illegally, especially using force synonym kidnap He had attempted to abduct the two children. Oxford Collocations DictionaryAbduct is used with these nouns as the subject: alienAbduct is used with these nouns as the object: child See full entry See related entries: Committing crime, Types of crime Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin abduct- ‘led away’, from the verb abducere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
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