Abduction (Noun)
Meaning 1
The criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The police were alerted after the woman's family reported her abduction by her estranged husband.
- The case of parental abduction was particularly complex due to the international borders involved.
- Local authorities failed to prevent the abduction of several children by their non-custodial parents.
- The victim's family was left shaken after her abduction from their home in the middle of the night.
- In some cultures, bride kidnapping is a form of abduction that is tolerated or even celebrated.
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Meaning 2
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.