Abduct is an English word with synonyms like kidnap or nobble. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Abduct in a sentence
Related words
Abduct meaning
- To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
Using Abduct
- The main meaning on this page is: To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. | To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
- Useful related words include: kidnap, nobble, snatch, seize.
- In the example corpus, abduct often appears in combinations such as: to abduct, abduct the, abduct him.
Context around Abduct
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abduct
- In this selection, "abduct" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, humans, helping, lovers, rich and whitmer stand out and add context to how "abduct" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attempt to abduct a four and attempting to abduct children. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abduct" sits close to words such as aapl, absolved and adaption, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abduct
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The suspect was the driver of the suspicious vehicle allegedly driving around attempting to abduct children. (16 words)
He claimed the group was planning to abduct the president and secretary of the Longding market. (16 words)
The humans abduct all the women during the ceremony with the horrific intention to assault the women. (17 words)
But Larry is no Grover or Cookie Monster: He’s ominous and hulking, with a hunched-over stance and long, thin arms and fingers, and his idea of becoming Oliver’s friend is to abduct the young boy and bring him back to Larry’s realm, wherever that is. (49 words)
The legal proceedings against a woman charged with wielding a knife at a Hayward mother and allegedly trying to abduct her 4-year-old son back in March have been halted, shortly after the case was filed. (37 words)
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested 10 suspected kidnappers who were said to be planning to abduct an expatriate involved in the construction work along Calabar-Itu Highway in the state. (35 words)
Who's to say that there wasn't a real evil clown/deviant trying to abduct Illinois kids? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
After bonding with the young daughter in his charge (Fanning), Washington's character is brutally ambushed and left for dead by a cartel of kidnappers, who abduct the girl for her ransom insurance.
After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them.
A quick-thinking boy who saw a would-be kidnapper try to abduct his 8-year-old sister fought off her assailant by firing at him.
It is a detailed eight-page 'how to' guide for snatch squads who stormed Israeli settlements to kill and abduct the residents.
Rollstin says they supported a scheme to abduct Whitmer at her vacation home in retaliation for her policies during the pandemic.
The humans abduct all the women during the ceremony with the horrific intention to assault the women.
The legal proceedings against a woman charged with wielding a knife at a Hayward mother and allegedly trying to abduct her 4-year-old son back in March have been halted, shortly after the case was filed.
Before that, viewers got to see exactly how Governor Dutton was killed, and it mirrors how Kayce describes being trained to abduct a sleeping man.
It was through his activity in an online forum called 'Abduct Lovers' – his favourite haunt for encouraging other 'obsessives' to join his mission to kidnap Holly – that his plans came to light.
Mr Nelson told Chelmsford Crown Court that Abduct Lovers was a group on an encrypted messaging app called Kik where users discussed kidnap, rape, and murder.
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested 10 suspected kidnappers who were said to be planning to abduct an expatriate involved in the construction work along Calabar-Itu Highway in the state.
Since Lucy has slowly been inching into disturbing territory, we wouldn’t put it past her to abduct Faith and lock her up somewhere.
The man who pleaded guilty to helping abduct and torture a 13-year-old Clovis girl now knows his punishment.
The suspect was the driver of the suspicious vehicle allegedly driving around attempting to abduct children.
They literally haul men off the streets, or abduct them from their places of work, and confiscate their passports to ensure they can’t leave the country.
Two mysterious brothers devise a plan to abduct the son of the serum’s creator with the help of a seductive woman named Nikita.
Who's to say that there wasn't a real evil clown/deviant trying to abduct Illinois kids?
According to an eyewitness, the suspected kidnappers were caught while making an attempt to abduct a four-year-old boy residing in the community.
But Larry is no Grover or Cookie Monster: He’s ominous and hulking, with a hunched-over stance and long, thin arms and fingers, and his idea of becoming Oliver’s friend is to abduct the young boy and bring him back to Larry’s realm, wherever that is.
He claimed the group was planning to abduct the president and secretary of the Longding market.
Common combinations with abduct
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: