as in kidnaping
the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal
discredited reports of abductions by aliens
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After their abduction, they were taken to Gaza, and detained in secret locations.
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Slave fugitive Harriet Jacobs detailed that these annual abductions and the destruction of Black families caused some to resist being sold to new enslavers.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Violations include killings, maimings, abductions and recruitment into armed groups.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Lucy wakes at exactly 3:33 am every morning, plagued by horrific visions, and her nightmares draw her into the orbit of police detective Ravi Dhillon’s (Nikesh Patel) investigations of a bloody murder and a child’s abduction.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Slave fugitive Harriet Jacobs detailed that these annual abductions and the destruction of Black families caused some to resist being sold to new enslavers.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Violations include killings, maimings, abductions and recruitment into armed groups.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Lucy wakes at exactly 3:33 am every morning, plagued by horrific visions, and her nightmares draw her into the orbit of police detective Ravi Dhillon’s (Nikesh Patel) investigations of a bloody murder and a child’s abduction.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Abduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abduction. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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