- abduction - the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
--1 is a kind of capture, seizure
Derived form: verb abduct1 - abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
Derived form: verb abduct2