In more extreme cases, SARS officers abduct civilian targets and force them to make withdrawals at an ATM in exchange for their freedom, sometimes at gunpoint.
How a youth-led digital movement is driving Nigeria’s largest protests in a decade|Yomi Kazeem|October 13, 2020|Quartz
In cases where girls are abducted or tricked into marrying out of state, their experiences of isolation, dislocation and their struggle for a sense of belonging are much more nuanced.
Three Women: Stories Of Indian Trafficked Brides|LGBTQ-Editor|October 5, 2020|No Straight News
In many cases, these women are considered “missing” or remain abandoned by their family due to the shame and stigma associated with being sold or abducted for marriage.
Three Women: Stories Of Indian Trafficked Brides|LGBTQ-Editor|October 5, 2020|No Straight News
The day before there had been an attempt to abduct him, she says.
'In Cold Blood' in Ukraine|Jamie Dettmer|May 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I thought no one could enter the tank and abduct me,” he said.
Gilad Shalit’s Five Years in Gaza|Dan Ephron|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That cannot be proved unless you volunteer as a witness, and give away the whole vile story of the plot to abduct Miss Maynard.
A Traitor's Wooing|Headon Hill
We are going to abduct those two famous diplomats and hold them for ransom.
Black Star's Campaign|Johnston McCulley
A: "Those are men-stealers who abduct, keep, sell, or buy slaves or freemen."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society
Goritz would not have dared to try to abduct the Countess Strahni by way of Jablunka!
The Secret Witness|George Gibbs
The father returned an unmitigated refusal, repeating the absurd charge that Kociuszko had intended to abduct his daughter.
Kosciuszko|Monica Mary Gardner
British Dictionary definitions for abduct
abduct
/ (æbˈdʌkt) /
verb(tr)
to remove (a person) by force or cunning; kidnap
(of certain muscles) to pull (a leg, arm, etc) away from the median axis of the bodyCompare adduct
Derived forms of abduct
abductor, noun
Word Origin for abduct
C19: from the past participle of Latin abdūcere to lead away