abduct
UK/æbˈdʌkt/
abduct verb: to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
Verb
abduct (third-person singular simple present abducts, present participle abducting, simple past and past participle abducted)
- To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- to abduct children
- I was abducted by aliens.
- To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
abduct meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
abduct in Hindi
- अपहरण करना, भगाना, भाग ले जाना, निकाल ले जाना, बहका ले जाना, भगा ले जाना
abduct in Tamil
- to take away
- கடத்து kaṭattu
abduct in Urdu
- اغوا کرنا, بھگانا
abduct in Bengali
- অপহরণ করা
More languagesFewer languages
- abduct in Malayalam
- തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോകുക, ആളപഹരണം നടത്തുക
- abduct in Kannada
- ಹಾರಿಸು, ಎತ್ತಿ ಹಾಕು, ಎಗರಿಸು, ದೂರಸರಿಸು
- abduct in Tagalog
- dukot
- abduct in Arabic
- يَخْطِفّ yaḵṭiff
- abduct in Malay
- culik
- abduct in Indonesian
- menculik
- abduct in Thai
- ลักพา lak-paa, ฉุด choot
- abduct in Vietnamese
- bắt cóc, cuỗm đi, lừa đem đi, rẽ ra
Examples of abduct in a sentence
- Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.
- It's highly improbable that aliens abducted you.
- Police are searching for an abducted child.
Synonyms of abduct
- carry off
- drag away
- kidnap
- run away with
- seize
- spirit away
- stretch
- take away
Antonyms
Forms of abduct
| third-person singular present | abducts |
|---|---|
| present participle | abducting |
| past participle | abducted |
| past | abducted |
Origin of abduct
From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”). * (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.
Words formed from abduct
Words that rhyme with abduct
Questions about abduct
- What does abduct mean?
- Abduct means to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- What is abduct in Hindi?
- Abduct in Hindi is अपहरण करना, भगाना, भाग ले जाना. See Abduct meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abduct?
- Abduct is a verb.
- How do you pronounce abduct?
- Abduct is pronounced /æbˈdʌkt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of abduct?
- The past tense of abduct is abducted.
Words near abduct in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abduct (page history and authors); abduct (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abduct (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abduct (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abduct (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abduct (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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