Other definitions for abduction (2 of 2)
a syllogism whose major premise is certain but whose minor premise is probable.
Origin of abduction
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How to use abduction in a sentence
Islam, through his lawyer, denied being involved in the abductions at the time.
Foley Abduction Linked to British Jihadi Kidnapping Ring | Josh Rogin, Eli Lake | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCan we eagerly look forward to academic investigation of vampires or probative studies of alien abductions?
Soon, there were no civil society groups left to monitor the deteriorating situation with hostages and abductions.
The 26-Year-Old Woman Searching for Ukraine’s Disappeared | Anna Nemtsova | June 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere have been several abductions and rough interrogations.
There have been other reports of abductions across eastern Ukraine.
These abductions caused a war which, as we are told, lasted with little intermission down to the coming of the Spaniards.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftHe consoled himself with the thought that these were not the days of abductions or violent love-making.
Salem Chapel, v.1/2 | Mrs. OliphantAbductions and elopements are merely ordinary amenities of married life among the aborigines of Australia.
Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia | Northcote W. ThomasThere have been great doings in his family on the frontier in his absence—two abductions and one homicide.
Leaves from a Field Note-Book | J. H. MorganAnd in return for these destructions and abductions Rome has been given—what?
Recollections of a Long Life | John Stoughton
British Dictionary definitions for abduction
/ (æbˈdʌkʃən) /
the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping
the action of certain muscles in pulling a leg, arm, etc away from the median axis of the body
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