abducting
Seizing someone unlawfully
Abducting is carrying someone away by force or deception, typically for ransom, exploitation, or harm: Police found the van used in abducting the child.
In anatomy, abducting means moving a limb away from the body's midline—the opposite of adducting.
Payment for captive's release
- hostageCaptive held as security
- victimOne harmed by another
- abducteeOne forcibly taken
- snatchRapid forceful taking
seize · captive · missing · demands · extortion · unlawful · forcible · coerce
Secretly cautious in movement
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
secretive · shadowy · unseen · hidden · veiled · discreet · elusive · undercover
ransom
Payment for captive's release
snatch · seize · captive · missing · demands · extortion · unlawful · forcible · coerce · vanish
stealthy
Secretly cautious in movement
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
surreptitious · secretive · shadowy · unseen · hidden · veiled · discreet · elusive · undercover · incognito
extraterrestrial
Being from outer space
probe · close encounter · Roswell · Area 51 · E.T. · sci-fi · galactic · interstellar · cosmic · mothership
muscle
Contractile body tissue
joint · away · midline · outward · hip · shoulder · arm · leg · extension · rotation
- captivity crimeskidnapping, false imprisonment, hostage-taking, human trafficking, unlawful detention
abductingreleasing
Allowing to escape
freeing · liberating · letting go · returning · rescuing
- alien abductionClaimed capture by extraterrestrials
- child abductionUnlawfully taking a minor
- parental abductionParent unlawfully takes own child
- infant abductionStealing a very young child