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The villain of Engle’s novel is Blaze, an establishment movie star — white, well connected, wealthy — who has abducted the baby elephant for a “filmmaking experiment.”

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022

In exchange, North Korea would curb those other weapons and perhaps resolve the fate of South Korean and Japanese citizens North Korea has abducted.

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2018

Someone or something has abducted them and transported them to an extraterrestrial body, and as Brody's character puts it, "This whole planet is a game preserve -- and we're the game."

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2010

"That is likely," said d'Artagnan; "but the man who has abducted her—do you know him?"

From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre

Let us assume, my dear fellow," said I, making an attempt to be of practical use in a situation of almost ludicrous difficulty, "that it is not her father who has abducted the Princess Sonia.

From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.