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}]
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]