ab·duct
verb/æbˈdʌkt/
/æbˈdʌkt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they abduct | /æbˈdʌkt/ /æbˈdʌkt/ |
he / she / it abducts | /æbˈdʌkts/ /æbˈdʌkts/ |
past simple abducted | /æbˈdʌktɪd/ /æbˈdʌktɪd/ |
past participle abducted | /æbˈdʌktɪd/ /æbˈdʌktɪd/ |
-ing form abducting | /æbˈdʌktɪŋ/ /æbˈdʌktɪŋ/ |
- abduct somebody to take somebody away illegally, especially using force
synonym kidnap诱拐;劫持;绑架 - He had attempted to abduct the two children.
他曾企图拐带这两名儿童。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAbduct is used with these nouns as the subject:- alien
- child
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin abduct- ‘led away’, from the verb abducere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + ducere ‘to lead’. - He had attempted to abduct the two children.