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abduct

take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

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Three example sentences with abduct, each labelled with its topic.

  • In the old ballad, fairies abduct the piper and hold him under the hill for seven silent years.

    Literature

  • The plot opens when goblins abduct the mayor's daughter, and every quest afterward points toward the mountain fortress.

    Gaming

  • Aliens abduct a small-town mechanic in the opening scene, and he reappears three years later remembering nothing.

    Movies

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