abducting Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
   abduct; nobble; kidnap; snatch.
   
   • The industrialist's son was kidnapped
2. verb pull away from the body
   abduct.
   
   • this muscle abducts
3. adjective especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
   abducent.
   

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