Definition of "abduct" []

• To carry off by force; kidnap. (verb-transitive)
• Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb. (verb-transitive)

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• "Thousands of people are going to symbolically 'abduct' themselves and stand in solidarity with all the abducted children forced to fight as soldiers."
• "The Ganymede myth was a cornerstone of Greek pederast culture, especially on the island of Crete, where inhabitants performed a ritual described by the Greek historian Ephorus: men would ceremonially "abduct" young boys, taking them into the countryside for two months of feasting, hunting, and sexual intercourse."
• "And might ETs, on occasion, "abduct" CTs as well as humans?"