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abducted

ADJECTIVE
taken away by force
Synonyms


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“Maybe you just fell in with the wrong crowd and got abducted by aliens,” Neiden says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Alex Batty, who disappeared for six years after being abducted by his mother as a child, has described feeling a renewed "sense of purpose" after finding work.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Asheville police credit Flock with helping recover hundreds of stolen vehicles, find children abducted by relatives, and advance investigations, including after a July 4th-weekend shooting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In fact, scores of American citizens have been abducted off the street and detained.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

I’ve been abducted at least a dozen times, and I still don’t know how they transport me from my bedroom to their spaceship.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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