Abduction

[ab·duct]

If you're the victim of an abduction, you've been carried away against your will kidnapped. The word comes from Latin ab "away" + ducere "lead." Abduction is also when you move your arm or leg away from your midline.

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The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

Noun
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

Noun
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


n.
The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

n.
The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

n.
The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

n.
A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.


Abduction

Ab*duc"tion , n. [L. abductio: cf. F. abduction.] 1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. Roget. 2. (Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. 3. (Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. 4. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

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The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless they have faced a similar tragedy. Every parent responds differently. Each parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how.

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