abducts
Carries off unlawfully
Abducts is the present tense of abduct, meaning to take someone away by force or deception.
The word typically describes kidnapping: The cult leader abducts vulnerable teenagers.
In anatomy, to abduct is to move a limb away from the body's midline—the opposite of adduct.
Strength or compulsion
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- grabSeize abruptly
- snatchRapid forceful taking
- takeCapture or filmed segment
capture · compel · restrain · overpower · subdue · drag · carry off · spirit away
Payment for captive's release
- hostageCaptive held as security
- snatchRapid forceful taking
- captivityState of being confined
- victimOne harmed by another
missing · vanish · hideout · fugitive · extortion · kidnapper · trafficking · disappear
Unidentified aerial craft
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- RoswellNew Mexico city, UFO-famous
- Area 51Classified Nevada test facility
- ETAlien abbreviation
close encounter · probe · beam up · extraterrestrial · spacecraft · sci-fi · abductee · flying saucer
Shoulder's main muscle
- pectoralisAnterior thoracic muscle
- latissimusBroad back muscle
- gluteusButtock muscle
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
rotator cuff · flexor · extensor · lateral movement · shoulder · biomechanics · kinesiology · range of motion
force
Strength or compulsion
take · capture · compel · restrain · overpower · subdue · drag · carry off · spirit away · make off with
ransom
Payment for captive's release
victim · missing · vanish · hideout · fugitive · extortion · kidnapper · trafficking · disappear · detain
UFO
Unidentified aerial craft
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- RoswellNew Mexico city, UFO-famous
- Area 51Classified Nevada test facility
ET · close encounter · probe · beam up · extraterrestrial · spacecraft · sci-fi · abductee · flying saucer · grey alien
deltoid
Shoulder's main muscle
- pectoralisAnterior thoracic muscle
- latissimusBroad back muscle
- gluteusButtock muscle
hip · rotator cuff · flexor · extensor · lateral movement · shoulder · biomechanics · kinesiology · range of motion · joint
- alien abductionClaimed capture by extraterrestrials
- child abductionUnlawfully taking a minor
- parental abductionParent unlawfully takes own child
- infant abductionStealing a very young child