Recent Examples on the WebThe judge said that given the details in the police report that outline an alleged abduction, Lopez’s lack of ties to the community and his flight risk, his bond would be set at $50,000. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 29 Aug. 2022 In the original movie, Hwang Jung-min played In-Nam, a former black ops agent who travels to Thailand to investigate an abduction. Patrick Frater, Variety, 26 Aug. 2022 Rodni’s disappearance under suspicious circumstances had initially been regarded as a possible abduction. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2022 Officials initially said her disappearance might be an abduction since neither she nor her car had been seen leaving the party or afterwards. Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Aug. 2022 Rodni’s phone hadn’t been in service since the party, and authorities had been treating the case as an abduction. Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Defense lawyers, however, say Fox and Croft were a bumbling, foul-mouthed, marijuana-smoking pair exercising free speech and incapable of leading anything as extraordinary as an abduction of a public official. Ed White, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Authorities are treating Kiely's disappearance as a possible abduction. Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 With no trace Rodni or her car, detectives are now investigating the case as a possible abduction.ABC News, 9 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin abdūctiōn-, abdūctiō "withdrawal, removal, allurement," from Latin abdūcere "to lead away" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns — more at abduct