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Antonyms for abduct
æbˈdʌktabduct

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  1. abductverb

    Synonyms:
    seize, kidnap

  2. abductverb

    To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

    Synonyms:
    seize, kidnap

  3. abductverb

    To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.

    Synonyms:
    seize, kidnap

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  1. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatchverb

    take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

    "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

    Antonyms:
    adduct

    Synonyms:
    scam, hornswoggle, snatch up, cabbage, filch, con, kidnap, rook, swindle, bunco, snarf, purloin, pinch, nobble, gyp, goldbrick, victimize, mulct, hook, lift, diddle, gip, short-change, snatch, swipe, defraud, pilfer, sneak, snap, abstract

  2. abductverb

    pull away from the body

    "this muscle abducts"

    Antonyms:
    adduct

    Synonyms:
    kidnap, snatch, nobble

How to use abduct in a sentence?

  1. Rick Rahn:

    I can't really speak to you about the motive, i can just tell you it seems that Mollie Tibbetts followed her and seemed to be drawn to her on that particular day and for whatever reason Mollie Tibbetts chose to abduct her.

  2. Lam Paul Gabriel:

    NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are always there working and helping the communities ... why would we abduct or arrest them?

  3. Chris Patten:

    People have known exactly why there shouldn't be an extradition agreement with China for years, the argument that it's better to have an extradition treaty than to abduct people illegally from Hong Kong -- are people really supposed to believe that ?

  4. Police Carl Frost:

    Surratt's M.O. was rape; [it] was his motivating force. His M.O. was if there [weren't] children in the house, he would kill any threats – as in any men – and then he would rape the wife and then kill her there … If there were children in the home, he would kill the man and abduct the wife and kill her elsewhere – never bothered the kids … That was his pattern in all of them.

  5. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams:

    Let me be very clear: I am innocent of any involvement in any conspiracy to abduct, kill or bury Mrs. McConville.

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