abduct
ab·duct
/æbˈdʌkt/ verb , -ducts, -duct·ed, -duct·ing [ + obj ]
: to take (someone) away from a place by force
He was abducted [=kidnapped] from his home.
She claims that she was abducted by aliens. [=that she was carried away in a spaceship by creatures from another world]
ab·duct·ee /ˌæbˌdʌkˈtiː/ noun , pl -tees [ count ]
alien abductees [=people who say they were abducted by creatures from another world]
ab·duc·tion /æbˈdʌkʃən/ noun , pl -tions [ count ]
abductions of children
[ noncount ]
an increase in the incidence of child abduction
ab·duc·tor /æbˈdʌktɚ/ noun , pl -tors [ count ]
She managed to escape from her abductors.
