abduct
verb (used with object)
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
abducted
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past participleof abduct.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof abduct.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
abductverb (used with object)to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
Example Sentences
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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
He denied that doctors were forcibly abducted, telling the BBC that instead they had chosen to stay on to work.
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
I don’t think she ever believed I’d been abducted, though she had always humored me because of Jesse and had laughed when I told her about the button.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
