Definition of "abductor" []

• One, such as a kidnapper, who abducts. (noun)
• Anatomy A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, away from the midline of the body or of an extremity. (noun)

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• "COLLINS: Audrey Seiler is back home with her family today, but a man she described as her abductor has not been found."
• "And unlike the case with Polly Klaas and Jessica Lunsford, it ` s very rare -- it ` s less than one-half of 1 percent -- that the abductor is a stranger, if you will."
• "He does, at least his description that's been put out there and that you had on earlier, seems to deviate from what the 9-year-old described as the abductor, but I don't think that that's not all that meaningful."