abduct

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

abduct
    v 1: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and
         usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's
         son was kidnapped" [syn: {kidnap}, {nobble}, {abduct},
         {snatch}]
    2: pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts" [ant:
       {adduct}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See
   {Abduce}.]
   1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a
      human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to
      kidnap.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary
      position.
      [1913 Webster]