Definition of ABDUCTION

abduction

Meanings

Plural: abductions

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
  • (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
  • Leading away; a carrying away.
  • 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.
  • A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
  • The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
  • Alien abduction.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin abductiō(n) (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct + -ion.
* (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
* Compare French abduction.

Scrabble Score: 14

abduction is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 18

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