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abducting

  • present participle of abduct.

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Lukwago's family went to court seeking an order compelling security officers, whom they accused of abducting him, to disclose his whereabouts and release him whether "dead or alive".

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

However security is handled, there will be no ICE officers surveying the crowd with facial-recognition software and abducting people for unstated reasons.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

We’ve all seen the appalling videos of masked agents ambushing and abducting these migrants in the halls of New York’s immigration court as they’re leaving a hearing.

From Slate Mar. 27, 2026

Brueckner then travelled to Braunschweig, where he tried to confront the prosecutors who accuse him of abducting Maddie, but was turned away, the report said.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

Phelps’s husband learned that Anthony had helped his wife escape, and he accused her of abducting his child, but Anthony refused to give him any information about their whereabouts.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling