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abducted

ADJECTIVE
taken away by force
Synonyms


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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Hapoel Jerusalem's club badge now features a silhouette of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted and killed in captivity and whose parents have campaigned for peace through their grief.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The president's orders came after the kidnappers posted a video on social media of what they said were those abducted last week sitting in a forest.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

In fact, scores of American citizens have been abducted off the street and detained.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

He was a senior when I was a freshman, and he considered telling everyone I’d been abducted by aliens and turning me into a social pariah his greatest achievement.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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