abduction

Noun
  1. The criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member;
    If a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife (synset 100776957)
    is a type of: capture, seizure - the act of taking of a person by force
  2. (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body (synset 100333863)
    referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
    is a type of: motility, motion, move, movement - a change of position that does not entail a change of location

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