abduction

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Leading away; a carrying away.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
3. (countable, uncountable) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
4. (countable, uncountable) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
5. (countable, uncountable) Alien abduction.

Concepts

enlèvement

abduction

rapt

kidnapping

ravissement

séquestration

détournement

kidnappage

Synonymes

kidnapping

seizure

arrest

capture

kidnaping

hijacking

custody

elopement

imprisonment

kidnap

piracy

removal

seduction

theft

usurpation

highjacking

taking captive

kinnapping

forcible abduction

gaining control

abductive reasoning

apprehension

elopment

arrestment

assumption

carrying away

carrying off

decoy

grab

hijack

Traductions

απαγωγή

abducción

Entführung

rapto

rapimento

secuestro

abdução

Abduktion

abducção

abduzione

ontvoering

sequestro

rapto

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à français: abduction

In summary

From Latin abductiō(n) (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct + -ion or abduce + -tion.
* (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
* Compare French abduction.