verb
definition
To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
definition
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
adjective
definition
Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction
Examples of abducted in a Sentence
The girl was abducted in Georgia.
She was abducted and her body wasn't found for six weeks.
It took place in Cleveland where seven year old Eric Campbell was abducted from his Karate class.
I hadn't known how Annie was abducted and chastised myself for not seeking the details.
The eight year old son of a popular rapper named Buzz-Cousin was abducted for a million dollar ransom.
Our first and foremost priority is recovering abducted children, as soon as possible.
Lottie Lynn Summerfield was abducted from her home in the middle of night.
He made free of the queen's rents and abducted Lord Traquair's daughter.
Finally, Howie was able to connect with a recently abducted little girl in Alabama.
Dermot abducted the wife of 0 Ruairc more with the object of injuring his rival than from any love of the lady.
Eric was a seven year old who was abducted by a couple and held for ransom.
The circumstance in which a fourth sister who joined the community was abducted by her brothers led to an inquiry in lunacy and to her final settlement at Spaxton.
I told him the year, the Santa Barbara, California location and the fact Annie was abducted and murdered.
After too much heated discussion, I agreed to give a less than specific tip saying I didn't believe the child was abducted.
He stood at the mirror and gazed upon himself for the first time since being abducted.
Instead, I made up a story that the tipster had been abducted as a child and therefore was using her psychic talents to help find kidnapped and missing children.
Sarah and Jackson had been 23 and 25 years old respectively, living privileged, English aristocratic lives when they were abducted and turned into vampires.
Why Children Become Soldiers Many children are forcibly abducted to fight in wars.
May Kennedy from Culzean, was allegedly abducted from the castle by Sir John Cathcart.
Young women and children were then abducted as the preferred " booty " for the raiders.
On the 11th, two fishermen, Charles Hickson & calvin Parker were apparently abducted at Pascagoula, MS.
Max doesn't believe he was abducted by aliens, I believe he was.
The parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler are launching a scheme today to alert the public about missing or abducted children.
It is claimed that she was abducted and raped by an alien wearing a loose fitting metallic green tunic.
At the same time, Lex Luthor 's tycoon father is violently abducted in broad daylight.
All too often teens escape, only to turn up missing or abducted from the roadside stranger that answered their call for help.
Two months later, Abdul jokingly told David Letterman on his talk show that her "erratic behavior" was because she had been "abducted by aliens."
Malaysia instituted their alert system for missing children called the Nurin Alert, named after an eight year old child who was abducted.
The amber alert history continues to develop as more countries join in the notification system to rescue abducted children worldwide.
When you sign up for mobile Amber Alerts you are notified by a text message received on your mobile phone that a child in your area has been abducted.
Issued by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, known as NCMEC, an Amber Alert notifies the public that a child has been abducted.
Signing up to receive mobile Amber Alerts adds your eyes and ears to those of the many caring people helping to assist in the safe return of an abducted child.
Necro was abducted as a young boy by Gill's organization, and was subjected to intense experimentation and testing that resulted in major alterations to his DNA.
With the legs abducted (moved apart), the examiner may be able to hear a distinct clicking sound, called a hip click, with motion.
The hip is abducted to where it can be felt if the hip is sliding out and then back in the joint.
This number also includes children abducted by family members, usually in custody disputes, and a very small number of stranger abductions.
Sometimes they are not sure if their child has run away or been abducted.
You must be an alien because you've abducted my heart.
However, the story became surreal as Albert reported being abducted by a family of the creatures and held for a week until he escaped.
At the end of the mini-series, viewers learned that the 4400 were not abducted by aliens after all.
First-person shooter game where the crew of the Voyager is abducted by aliens and taken to a mysterious planet.
An alien ship, which it is implied has called them all, appears and returns humans abducted in the past, and Dreyfuss' character leaves with them.
There have been reports of people being abducted, abused and even killed when they went to meet someone they had a connection with on MySpace.
You stopped Otto's next victim from being abducted.
A large number of girls and young women abducted by rebels were raped and became pregnant.
Her throat had been cut and the results of the autopsy showed the little girl had died two days after she was abducted.
I crossed my fingers, at least mentally, and asked, "Was he around when Annie was abducted?"