| NOUN | act | abduction | the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member |
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| act | abduction | (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body |
| Sounds | aebdah'kshahn; ahbdah'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | capture, seizure | The act of taking of a person by force |
| Spanish | rapto, secuestro | |
| Verbs | abduct | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
| Meaning | (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body. | |
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| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
| Spanish | abducción | |
| Verbs | abduct | pull away from the body |
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