as in kidnaping
the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal
discredited reports of abductions by aliens
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Prime Minister Ishiba also addressed a grievance involving the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Day faces charges of child enticement and abduction, according to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
He is assigned to a surveillance operation called Maldoror tracking potential suspects in a series of child abductions, which in turn reopens personal wounds from his own difficult childhood.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Her ankles slashed, Levy was clearly struggling to walk after her apparently violent abduction.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Day faces charges of child enticement and abduction, according to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
He is assigned to a surveillance operation called Maldoror tracking potential suspects in a series of child abductions, which in turn reopens personal wounds from his own difficult childhood.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Her ankles slashed, Levy was clearly struggling to walk after her apparently violent abduction.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Abduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abduction. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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