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abduct

verb as in take by force and without permission

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María Corina Machado is in hiding to avoid being shot or abducted by the Venezuelan government, but she is also on a political high.

Palestinian militants also abducted around 250 hostages, with the remaining captives still alive returned during a fragile truce that began this month.

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One would designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism unless it returns abducted Ukrainian children.

When Teddy and Don abduct Michelle and hold her captive in their basement, the movie turns into a bizarre thriller, one in which the captors’ demands can never be met because those demands are insane.

Brueckner then travelled to Braunschweig, where he tried to confront the prosecutors who accuse him of abducting Maddie, but was turned away, the report said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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