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Abductee meaning
An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens.
Example sentences (7)
This is the testimony of a survivor, an abductee who was held captive by Hamas.
Although North Korea denied any involvement in the abductee issue, the 2002 summit proved to be a breakthrough with Kim Jong Il admitting to some of the abductions.
The bandits who struck around 12.30am on Thursday, shot indiscriminately, causing panic in the area, before escaping through the bushes with the abductee.
The exact number is undetermined, but famous abductee victims such as Megumi Yokota and Yaeko Taguchi were known to have taught North Korean spies the Japanese language.
This is likely to remain the case in the immediate future, but many of my interlocutors noted that interest in the abductee issue is gradually declining in Japan.
It is more often cited in the imprisonment of women - be it Californian heiress Patty Hearst or Austrian abductee Natascha Kampusch - and took its name from a botched Swedish bank siege, where captives bonded with captors during a six-day standoff.
Two visits to North Korea to solve the issue of abducted Japanese nationals only somewhat raised his popularity, as he could not secure several abductee's returns to Japan.