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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

In the period from April 2023 to October 2025, the BBC's data shows 120 were injured, 55 killed and 10 forcibly "disappeared" or abducted.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Ah,” I said, and went out to find leaves of the same kind we’d abducted Petey from.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly


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