ABDUCTED

Verb

abducted

simple past tense and past participle of abduct

Adjective

abducted (not comparable)

Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction

Source: Wiktionary


ABDUCT

Ab*duct", v.t. [imp. & p.p. Abducted; p.pr. & vb.n. Abducting.] Etym: [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.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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