abduction

abduct

ab·duct /æbˈdʌkt/ verb -ducts; -duct·ed; -duct·ing [+ obj] : to take (someone) away from a place by force
• He was abducted [=kidnapped] from his home.
• She claims that she was abducted by aliens. [=that she was carried away in a spaceship by creatures from another world]
- ab·duct·ee /ˌæbˌdʌkˈtiː/ noun, pl -tees [count]
• alien abductees [=people who say they were abducted by creatures from another world]
- ab·duc·tion /æbˈdʌkʃən/ noun, pl -tions

[count]

• abductions of children

[noncount]

• an increase in the incidence of child abduction
- ab·duc·tor /æbˈdʌktɚ/ noun, pl -tors [count]
• She managed to escape from her abductors.