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abduction

[ab-duhk-shuhn] / æbˈdʌk ʃən /
NOUN
taking away by force
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She referred to a longstanding American legal doctrine, which stipulates that a court's right to hold a trial is not impaired if the suspect has been the subject of a forceful abduction.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

A startlingly of-the-moment work about Russia’s abduction of children during the war in Ukraine, co-commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, had its premiere in Warsaw last week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

They recount Lord Ram's exile and his wife Sita's abduction by Ravan, culminating in the battle that symbolises the victory of good over evil.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

She joined the San Joaquin County district attorney’s office in 2007, eventually working in the domestic violence and child abduction units.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The knowledge was more galling than the bare fact of his abduction.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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