Dictionary Definition
abduct
Verb
1 take away to an undisclosed location against
their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The
industrialist's son was kidnapped" [syn: kidnap, nobble, snatch]
2 pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
[ant: adduct]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From etyl la abductus, past participle of abducerePronunciation
- /æbˈdʌkt/
- Rhymes: -ʌkt
Verb
- To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
- To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
Translations
to take away
- CJKV Characters: 拐
- Danish: bortføre, kidnappe
- Dutch: ontvoeren, kidnappen
- Finnish: siepata, ryöstää, abduktoida
- German: entführen
- Ido: raptar
- Irish: fuadaigh (vn -ach)
- Japanese: 誘拐する (yūkai suru)
- Lithuanian: pagrobti
- Macedonian: одветува (odvetuva)
- Malay: culik
- Portuguese: raptar
- Russian: похитить
- Thai: ลักพา (lak-paa); ฉุด (choot)
- Vietnamese: bắt cóc, cuỗm đi, lừa đem đi
- Welsh: cipio
to draw away from its ordinary position
Shorthand
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS): a - b - d - u - k - t
- (Version: Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d - u - k
Extensive Definition
Abduct is a verb meaning to carry away.
Specifically, it can refer to:
- Abduction (kinesiology) - extending a limb away from the body
- Kidnapping