abduction

About 1.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A leading away; a carrying away. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
3. noun A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
4. noun The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

   the abduction of a child

5. noun An alien abduction.

Similar words

abducted kidnapped kidnapping kidnap carjacking hijack robbery abstraction hijacking hijacked

Often followed by

of and is by or in from was to

Word family

abductions