Crossword clues for abduction
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abduction \Ab*duc"tion\, n. [L. abductio: cf. F. abduction.]
The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
--Roget.(Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
(Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "a leading away," from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio), noun of action from past participle stem of abducere "to lead away, take away" (often by force), from ab- "away" (see ab-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). The illegal activity so called from 1768; before that the word also was a term in surgery and logic. In the Mercian hymns, Latin abductione is glossed by Old English wiðlaednisse.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Leading away; a carrying away. (Early 17th century.)(R:SOED5: page=3) 2 (context physiology English) The act of abduce or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (Mid 17th century.)(rfex) 3 (context logic English) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. (Late 17th century.) 4 The wrongful, and usually forcible, carry off of a human being. (Mid 18th century.)
WordNet
n. 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
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
Wikipedia
Abduction may refer to:
"Abduction" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 18 August 2001, during the seventh season.
Abduction is a 1975 film directed by Joseph Zito. A young newspaper heiress is kidnapped by a group of radicals who subject her to rape and assault, which leads to the girl becoming sympathetic to their cause and eventually joining them.
Abduction is a 2011 American action thriller film directed by John Singleton and stars Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello, Jason Isaacs, Michael Nyqvist, and Alfred Molina.
The film was released by Lionsgate Films on September 23, 2011. Despite negative reception, the film was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film.
Abduction is a 2000 novel written by Robin Cook.
Usage examples of "abduction".
The net result was that only a portion of the actual Lazer Abduction cases made it into the computer, making it even more difficult to make important connections between them.
It was the first time the Bureau had found out about the Lazer Abductions, even though fifty cases had been entered, or were waiting to be entered, at the NCIC.
She seemed almost to be having a seizure, and Harry realized that if she was remembering her abduction, her mind was breaking through some very powerful memory charms.
In their endless stocktaking of orderly births and deaths her sudden appearance was as jarring an event as a disappearance would have been, the mirror-image of a murder or an abduction.
He knew that she was promised to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol, but if he had been instrumental in her abduction, his motives could not be prompted by loyalty to his friend, or regard for her honour.
The last he had heard of the southern lord, he had been urging raids upon Eyra in response to the abduction of his daughter Selen.
The renewed influence in the arrondissement of Arcis which the Restoration gave to the house of Cinq-Cygne had naturally drawn closer the ties that bound together the various families affected by the criminal trial relating to the abduction of Gondreville.
In a few cases, hypnotherapy has filled in those hours, and they appear to be abductions.
Even more astonishing, it was just this morning that Leigh Mellon had called with her hysterical story about the botched abduction of her son.
Teeth, during Farsun Week, reached a climax today when the Planetary Prosecutor presented charges against fourteen individuals allegedly responsible for the abduction of Renna Aarons, Peripatetic Emissary from the Hominid Phylum.
Alien abductions, Bigfoot in the piney wood hills, faeries skipping through downtown streets, goblins in the sewers.
The murders in Belvidere Road, the horrible killing of Ranny Coulter, and the abduction of young Larrabie were the subjects of excited comment throughout the city.
Looking into the murder of Billy Stail and the abductions of Lydia Johansson and Mary Beth McConnell.
Billy Stail and the abductions of Lydia Johansson and Mary Beth McConnell.
Here, where Black Michael and young Rupert of Hentzau had admired dead boars, drunk too much claret, boasted about their horses, their stalking prowess and their shooting eyes, and planned the abduction of village beauties, Stam had lived, gently pottering about, for ten years.