| NOUN | person | abductor, kidnapper, kidnaper, snatcher | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) |
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| body | abductor, abductor muscle | a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line |
| Sounds | aebdah'kter; ahbdah'kter | |
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| Rhymes | accelerator ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom). | |
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| Synonyms | kidnapper, kidnaper, snatcher | |
| Narrower | crimp, crimper | someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors / sailors or soldiers |
| shanghaier, seizer | A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship | |
| Broader | captor, capturer | A person who captures and holds people or animals |
| criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | |
| Spanish | capturador, raptora, raptor, secuestradora, secuestrador | |
| Catalan | raptor, segrestador | |
| Verbs | abduct | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
| Meaning | A muscle that draws a body part away from the median line. | |
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| Synonym | abductor muscle | |
| Narrower | musculus abductor digiti minimi manus | The abductor muscle of the little finger |
| musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis | The abductor muscles of the little toe | |
| musculus abductor hallucis | The abductor muscle of the great toe | |
| musculus abductor pollicis | The abductor muscle of the thumb | |
| Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Spanish | abductor, músculo abductor | |
| Catalan | múscul abductor | |
| Verbs | abduct | pull away from the body |
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