Abduction
noun
The act of taking someone away by force or threat, usually secretly.
The sudden disappearance of the girl was soon found to be a case of abduction.
Often appears as...
- case of abduction
- abduction of a child
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Academic
noun
In medicine, it is the movement of a body part away from the centre of the body.
The doctor asked the patient to do an abduction of his leg for the examination.
Often appears as...
- abduction of the arm
- abduction of the hip
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Technical
noun
In logic, the process of making a best explanation for facts or observations that are not specific.
In science, abduction is often used to make hypothesis based on available data.
Often appears as...
- abductive reasoning
- abductive inference
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Formal
Academic
noun
The act of taking someone away by force or threat, usually secretly.
The sudden disappearance of the girl was soon found to be a case of abduction.
Often appears as...
- case of abduction
- abduction of a child
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
In medicine, it is the movement of a body part away from the centre of the body.
The doctor asked the patient to do an abduction of his leg for the examination.
Often appears as...
- abduction of the arm
- abduction of the hip
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
In logic, the process of making a best explanation for facts or observations that are not specific.
In science, abduction is often used to make hypothesis based on available data.
Often appears as...
- abductive reasoning
- abductive inference
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Crime Related
Abduction in legal use always refers to a criminal act, often associated with kidnapping.
The abduction charges were quite serious.
Pro Tip 2/3Covert Action
Abduction usually involves secrecy, stress on stealth or surprise in the act.
He was planning the abduction without anyone's knowledge.
Pro Tip 3/3Force or Threat
The term implies use of force or threats, not a voluntary act by the victim.
The criminal's abduction method was to threaten victims with a knife.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Related
Abduction in legal use always refers to a criminal act, often associated with kidnapping.
The abduction charges were quite serious.
Pro Tip 2/3Covert Action
Abduction usually involves secrecy, stress on stealth or surprise in the act.
He was planning the abduction without anyone's knowledge.
Pro Tip 3/3Force or Threat
The term implies use of force or threats, not a voluntary act by the victim.
The criminal's abduction method was to threaten victims with a knife.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Related
Abduction in legal use always refers to a criminal act, often associated with kidnapping.
The abduction charges were quite serious.
Pro Tip 2/3Covert Action
Abduction usually involves secrecy, stress on stealth or surprise in the act.
He was planning the abduction without anyone's knowledge.
Pro Tip 3/3Force or Threat
The term implies use of force or threats, not a voluntary act by the victim.
The criminal's abduction method was to threaten victims with a knife.
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Cosmin Mihaiu: Physical...
to give patients simple, motivating objectives to follow. But the software is very customizable, and physical therapists can also create their own exercises. Using the software, my physical therapist recorded herself performing a shoulder abduction, which is one of the movements my mom had to do when she had frozen shoulder.
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Deep Sea Shark Stakeout...
They'll pick up the scent and start circling round and gradually hone in and work out where the bait is. So-- - It disappeared. - It's underneath us. - It's just underneath us. - No, it's disappeared, you guys. It sucked it up. Do you remember how I said that you were gonna do, like, alien abduction stuff?
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Hope and justice for...
I paid for it dearly in terms of physical and emotional abuse. But eventually, I escaped from their home and became a federal police detective who could help protect the rights of others. My specialty was investigating cases in counterterrorism, child abduction and homicide.
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The myth of Arachne -...
Arachne then turned to the misdemeanors of other gods, from Pluto’s abduction of Persephone to Bacchus’s wild pursuit of Erigone. Even though she cast the gods in the most unflattering light, Arachne’s work shone with her dazzling skill. Her tapestry was almost alive,
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The terrors of sleep...
can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis for an encounter with a ghost or an alien abduction.
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Ninja Woman PIPE National...
her stealth in her very first move Mindy bends her spine backwards at 70 degrees extension a normal person can barely achieve 30 degrees extension when Mindy goes into the splits her right hip abduction reaches 117 degrees while her
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The myth of Hades and...
He wrenched Persephone from Cyane, dragged her into his inky chariot, and blasted back through the earth. Cyane wept so hard she dissolved, becoming one with the river. By the time Demeter arrived at the scene of the abduction,
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Sleep Paralysis PIPE...
finally levitation the sensation of being lifted off the bed and even transported elsewhere put them together and you may have something strikingly familiar to a sleep researcher acquainted with UFO abduction stories I
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Why extremophiles bode...
We've all seen movies about terrible insects from outer space or stories of abduction by little green men, but the study of life in the universe, including the possibility of extraterrestrial life,
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Questioning the universe...
at our stage of development within a radius of a few hundred light years. Issuing an insurance policy against abduction by aliens seems a pretty safe bet. This brings me to the last of the big
Video examples
Cosmin Mihaiu: Physical...
to give patients simple, motivating objectives to follow. But the software is very customizable, and physical therapists can also create their own exercises. Using the software, my physical therapist recorded herself performing a shoulder abduction, which is one of the movements my mom had to do when she had frozen shoulder.
Video examples
Deep Sea Shark Stakeout...
They'll pick up the scent and start circling round and gradually hone in and work out where the bait is. So-- - It disappeared. - It's underneath us. - It's just underneath us. - No, it's disappeared, you guys. It sucked it up. Do you remember how I said that you were gonna do, like, alien abduction stuff?
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Hope and justice for...
I paid for it dearly in terms of physical and emotional abuse. But eventually, I escaped from their home and became a federal police detective who could help protect the rights of others. My specialty was investigating cases in counterterrorism, child abduction and homicide.
Video examples
The myth of Arachne -...
Arachne then turned to the misdemeanors of other gods, from Pluto’s abduction of Persephone to Bacchus’s wild pursuit of Erigone. Even though she cast the gods in the most unflattering light, Arachne’s work shone with her dazzling skill. Her tapestry was almost alive,
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis for an encounter with a ghost or an alien abduction.
Video examples
Ninja Woman PIPE National...
her stealth in her very first move Mindy bends her spine backwards at 70 degrees extension a normal person can barely achieve 30 degrees extension when Mindy goes into the splits her right hip abduction reaches 117 degrees while her
Video examples
The myth of Hades and...
He wrenched Persephone from Cyane, dragged her into his inky chariot, and blasted back through the earth. Cyane wept so hard she dissolved, becoming one with the river. By the time Demeter arrived at the scene of the abduction,
Video examples
Sleep Paralysis PIPE...
finally levitation the sensation of being lifted off the bed and even transported elsewhere put them together and you may have something strikingly familiar to a sleep researcher acquainted with UFO abduction stories I
Video examples
Why extremophiles bode...
We've all seen movies about terrible insects from outer space or stories of abduction by little green men, but the study of life in the universe, including the possibility of extraterrestrial life,
Video examples
Questioning the universe...
at our stage of development within a radius of a few hundred light years. Issuing an insurance policy against abduction by aliens seems a pretty safe bet. This brings me to the last of the big
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John Walsh
American Entertainer
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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Nick Turse
American Historian
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to South Sudan, conducted airstrikes and abduction missions, even put boots on the ground in countries where it pledged it would not.
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Dave Davies
British Musician
People that have had genuine abduction experiences that I've met that seem very genuine to me, but they're just confused about why it happened. I've met a lot of people like which I regard as being very genuine... but there's a lot of crazy people out there.
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Ronen Bergman
Israeli Journalist
The first to grasp how sensitive Israeli public opinion was on the issue of hostages and M.I.A.'s - and therefore what a powerful weapon abduction could be - was Ahmed Jibril, the leader of a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Claire Coffee
American Actress
Alien abduction movies are always the scariest; no matter how cheesy they are, they still scare me for a week. I live by myself in my apartment, and I don't worry about intruders or robbery; I mostly worry about alien abduction or evil, mean ghosts.
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Mark Fisher
British Writer
Abduction was what it felt like on first listening to Public Enemy. Like the post-punks, Public Enemy implicitly accepted the idea that a politics which came reassuringly dressed in established forms would be self-defeating.
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Hisham Matar
American Writer
In 2006, I published my first novel, 'In the Country of Men.' The publication of the book gave me a bigger platform to speak about my father's abduction and Libya's human-rights record.
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John Walsh
American Entertainer
Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons.
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Sushma Swaraj
Indian Politician
Abduction of Father Tom Uzhunnalil is a matter of grave concern for us.
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Chris Smith
American Politician
Parental child abduction is child abuse.
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John Walsh
American Entertainer
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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Nick Turse
American Historian
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to South Sudan, conducted airstrikes and abduction missions, even put boots on the ground in countries where it pledged it would not.
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Dave Davies
British Musician
People that have had genuine abduction experiences that I've met that seem very genuine to me, but they're just confused about why it happened. I've met a lot of people like which I regard as being very genuine... but there's a lot of crazy people out there.
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Ronen Bergman
Israeli Journalist
The first to grasp how sensitive Israeli public opinion was on the issue of hostages and M.I.A.'s - and therefore what a powerful weapon abduction could be - was Ahmed Jibril, the leader of a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Claire Coffee
American Actress
Alien abduction movies are always the scariest; no matter how cheesy they are, they still scare me for a week. I live by myself in my apartment, and I don't worry about intruders or robbery; I mostly worry about alien abduction or evil, mean ghosts.
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Mark Fisher
British Writer
Abduction was what it felt like on first listening to Public Enemy. Like the post-punks, Public Enemy implicitly accepted the idea that a politics which came reassuringly dressed in established forms would be self-defeating.
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Hisham Matar
American Writer
In 2006, I published my first novel, 'In the Country of Men.' The publication of the book gave me a bigger platform to speak about my father's abduction and Libya's human-rights record.
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John Walsh
American Entertainer
Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons.
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Sushma Swaraj
Indian Politician
Abduction of Father Tom Uzhunnalil is a matter of grave concern for us.
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Chris Smith
American Politician
Parental child abduction is child abuse.
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