abduct
verb (used with object)
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
abducts
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present tense formof abduct (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Pak Jun Do abducts civilians from Japan, spies on radio broadcasts as a surveillance officer and even steals the identity of a government minister, all while struggling to avoid the prison mines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Stree 2, a horror-comedy about a mysterious woman battling a monster who abducts free-thinking women, was the year's second-biggest hit, playing in cinemas for months.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
When the witch returns on that date and abducts Nevena — having rendered her mute in infancy — the young woman embarks on an astonishing, shape-shifting journey of death and discovery.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
The fierce warrior Achilles leads Greek forces in the Trojan War, ignited when Paris abducts Helen of Troy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
When the deformity is bilateral, the patient abducts the thigh and rotates the limb outwards at the hip to disguise the deformity, and to allow the projecting knees to pass each other.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
