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Abducting   /æbdˈəktɪŋ/  /əbdˈəktɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Abduct  v. t.  (past & past part. abducted; pres. part. abducting)  
1.
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
2.
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.


adjective
abducting  adj.  
1.
(Physiol.) Drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; used especially of muscles. Antonym: adducent.
Synonyms: abducent





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"Abducting" Quotes from Famous Books



... three days at Luxor—three days, when three months would have been too little!—and the second attempt at abducting an ill-used lady from the harem of her treacherous lord would take place as soon as we could learn that our auxiliaries, the Bronsons, had arrived. Until they were on the spot, even a success might prove an anti-climax. Meanwhile I had plenty to ...
— It Happened in Egypt • C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson
... Hellgum that he had behaved like a heathen warrior and not as a Christian preacher, in skulking about like that in the night and abducting a young girl." ...
— Jerusalem • Selma Lagerlof
... clan. Her followers, concealing the girl under a huge caldron, stood round it for her defence, and when the last man had fallen the victorious suitor carried off the girl, and married her for her lands. This, too, was a plain case of abducting an heiress, not indeed by violence, but with consummate art. Setting aside the rare attractions of the lady, in Moodie's estimation the prize was immense. L'Isle, with all his lofty airs, was but a commoner, with perhaps no fortune but his sword, a ...
— The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters • Sue Petigru Bowen
... the commandant anything you like to explain the absence of Barrows. But be sure to say to the colonel that his daughter is safe and well and prefers to stay with Miss Fosdick and her friends. I don't know how deeply you are mixed up in this cattle-poisoning, girl-abducting scheme of Barrows, but I give you ...
— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor
... Popoff Muller This bestial creature is in the act of abducting a beautiful woman. She has almost swooned ...
— Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts • Juliet James


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