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to abduct
01
to illegally take someone away, especially by force or deception
Transitive: to abduct sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
abduct
3rd person singular
abducts
Present participle
abducting
Past simple
abducted
Past participle
abducted
Examples
The criminal attempted to abduct the child from the school playground.
02
to move a body part away from the center of the body or another part
Transitive: to abduct a body part
Examples
The doctor explained how the muscles abduct the arm when it is raised.
Lexical Tree
abducting
abduction
abductor
abduct
abduce
