Synonyms of abducting

abducting

verb

present participle of abduct

as in kidnapping

to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully

the gangsters planned to abduct the industrialist's young daughter and demand a huge ransom from her family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kidnapping
• kidnaping
• capturing
• snatching
• seizing
• running off with
• making off with
• waylaying
• making away with
• impressing
• spiriting
• stealing
• crimping
• hijacking
• shanghaiing
• absconding (with)
• catching
• taking
• copping
• highjacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rescuing
• delivering
• returning
• restoring
• ransoming
• redeeming

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of abducting

While speaking about immigration, the former president repeated a story that had been circulating on social media that alleged that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were abducting and eating people's pets. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024

Those pledges have been paired with a number of false claims about migrants, including the amplification of a conspiracy theory that accused Haitian migrants of abducting and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. —Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024

More than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the yearlong war triggered when Hamas operatives swarmed into southern Israel, killing 1,200 and abducting 250. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024

The terror group killed thousands, predominantly targeting men and elderly women, while abducting boys to forcibly conscript them as child soldiers. —Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024