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abduction

noun ab·duc·tion \ab-ˈdək-shən, əb-\

Definition of ABDUCTION

1
:  the action of abducting :  the condition of being abducted
2
:  the unlawful carrying away of a woman for marriage or intercourse
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First Known Use of ABDUCTION

1666

Related to ABDUCTION

Synonyms
hijacking (also highjacking), kidnapping (also kidnaping), rape, snatch [slang]

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with ABDUCTION

adduction, conduction, construction, deduction, destruction, eduction, effluxion, induction, instruction, obstruction, production, reduction, seduction, subduction, transduction

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