If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force. His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. = kidnap + abduction abductions ab·duc·tion the abduction of four youths. + abductor abductors ab·duc·tor She co-operated with her abductor. to take someone away by force = kidnap
[ ab-'d&kt, &b-; 2 al ] (transitive verb.) 1834. Latin abductus, past participle of abducere, literally, to lead away, from ab- + ducere to lead; more at TOW.