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Meaning of abduct | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized

æbˈdʌkt

Definitions

To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
transitive
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
transitive

Equivalents

العربية اخطف اغتصب اقتاد خطف يبعد عن يَخْطِفّ

Български отвличам

Català abduir raptar

Čeština unést

Cymraeg cipio

Dansk bortføre

Deutsch abduzieren abspreizen entführen entführen kidnappen verschleppen wegziehen

Ελληνικά απάγω

Esperanto forrabi

Español abducir raptar secuestrar

Suomi abduktoida kaapata ryöstää siepata

Français Enlever ravir

हिन्दी अपहरण करना झपटना

Magyar elmozdít elrabol

Bahasa Indonesia menculik

Íslenska ræna

Italiano abdurre rapire sequestrare sottrarre

日本語かどうかどわかす拉致拉致る拐掴む攫攫う誘拐誘拐する

한국어 납치하다 유괴하다 유괴하다

Latina raptō rapto

Lietuvių pagrobti

Bahasa Melayu culik

Nederlands abduceren kidnappen ontvoeren

Polski odwieść odwodzić połapić porwać porywać uprowadzać uprowadzić

Português abduzir raptar sequestrar

Română răpi

Русский абдукция отведе́ние похи́тить похища́ть

Svenska bortföra

தமிழ் கடத்து

ไทย ฉุด อุ้ม

Tagalog dukot

Tiếng Việt bắt cóc bắt cóc rề rà

Examples

“to abduct children”

“I was abducted by aliens.”

“That same night he had by force ⟳ abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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