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abduct
verb as in take by force and without permission
Example Sentences
Jane, whose timidity is evident in the way she only reluctantly takes off her winter coat, behaves as though she’s been abducted by an overly solicitous kidnapper.
The teenager was one of a group of victims known as the Disappeared who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried in separate attacks by paramilitaries.
For seven years, Loomis was held captive in Joe Turner’s chain gang, abducted for being Black, forced into hard labor and separated from his wife, whom he has been searching for since his release.
María Corina Machado is in hiding to avoid being shot or abducted by the Venezuelan government, but she is also on a political high.
Palestinian militants also abducted around 250 hostages, with the remaining captives still alive returned during a fragile truce that began this month.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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