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abducted

ADJECTIVE
taken away by force
Synonyms


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They sympathize with Ukraine’s defenders, its abducted children, its shivering elderly and persecuted Christians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

In a number of cases they had been abducted by Russia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Maybe you just fell in with the wrong crowd and got abducted by aliens,” Neiden says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The actor stars in a series on MGM+ about a man in 1970s Indianapolis who abducted a mortgage lender and discussed it live on air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“When she found out you were gone, she just about went off her chump. Thought you’d been abducted by wights or some barmi- ness. Sorry, Em. I had to tell her.”

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs


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