abduct
verb
[ əbˈdʌkt ]
• take (someone) away illegally by force or deception; kidnap.
• "the millionaire who disappeared may have been abducted"
Similar:
kidnap,
carry off,
seize,
capture,
run away/off with,
make off with,
spirit away,
hold hostage,
hold to ransom,
hijack,
snatch,
shanghai,
nobble,
ravish,
rape,
• (of a muscle) move (a limb or part) away from the midline of the body or from another part.
• "the posterior rectus muscle, which abducts the eye"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin abduct- ‘led away’, from the verb abducere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
