abducted
Seized and removed
Abducted means taken away by force or deception.
A person who is abducted has been kidnapped or seized against their will: She was abducted from a parking lot.
The term applies to criminal kidnappings, alien encounter narratives, and legal contexts involving children taken by non-custodial parents.
In anatomy, an abducted limb has been moved away from the body's midline.
Taken captive illegally
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hostageCaptive held as security
- victimOne harmed by another
- captorOne who seizes another
trafficking · snatch · seize · captivity · unlawful · felony · perpetrator · criminal
Unidentified aerial craft
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- probeThorough examination or tool
- beamStructural support member
close encounter · Roswell · Area 51 · contactee · sci-fi · otherworldly · interstellar · galactic
Not present, whereabouts unknown
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- whereaboutsApproximate current position
- investigationFormal examination of facts
search party · manhunt · trace · locate · recovery · found · reunited · case
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- traumaLasting psychological wound
nightmare · horror · anxiety · shock · distress · anguish · desperation · powerlessness
kidnapped
Taken captive illegally
captor · trafficking · snatch · seize · captivity · unlawful · felony · perpetrator · criminal · coerce
UFO
Unidentified aerial craft
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- probeThorough examination or tool
beam · close encounter · Roswell · Area 51 · contactee · sci-fi · otherworldly · interstellar · galactic · E.T.
missing
Not present, whereabouts unknown
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- whereaboutsApproximate current position
investigation · search party · manhunt · trace · locate · recovery · found · reunited · case · inquiry
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
trauma · nightmare · horror · anxiety · shock · distress · anguish · desperation · powerlessness · violation
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- gonegone, absent, away, departed, missing
- Missingmissing, vanished, disappeared, lost, gone
abductedescorted
Guided while attending
accompanied · invited · welcomed · chaperoned · received
- alien abductionClaimed capture by extraterrestrials
- child abductionUnlawfully taking a minor
- parental abductionParent unlawfully takes own child
- alien abducteesClaimed UFO captives
- infant abductionStealing a very young child
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