abduct

Verbs

  • (v) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
    • The industrialist's son was kidnapped
    kidnap, nobble, snatch,
  • (v) pull away from the body
    • this muscle abducts

Synonyms

kidnap nobble snatch

Antonyms

adduct

Words of close approximity

abduce
abduce
abducting abduction abductor abductor muscle