Synonyms for abduct
æbˈdʌkt

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1. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch(verb)

   take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

   "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

   Synonyms:
   scam, hornswoggle, snatch up, cabbage, filch, con, kidnap, rook, swindle, bunco, snarf, purloin, pinch, nobble, gyp, goldbrick, victimize, mulct, hook, lift, diddle, gip, short-change, snatch, swipe, defraud, pilfer, sneak, snap, abstract

   Antonyms:
   adduct

2. abduct(verb)

   pull away from the body

   "this muscle abducts"

   Synonyms:
   kidnap, snatch, nobble

   Antonyms:
   adduct

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. abduct(verb)

   Synonyms:
   seize, kidnap

2. abduct(verb)

   To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

   Synonyms:
   seize, kidnap

3. abduct(verb)

   To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.

   Synonyms:
   seize, kidnap

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. abduct(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   kidnap, carry off, run away with, run off with

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   kidnap, kidnapping, hijack, remove

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