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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

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

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

And we set out to retrace the steps of investigators from the moment they arrived at Nancy’s adobe-brick ranch where she was abducted on Feb. 1.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The biggest letdown about being abducted by aliens is the abundance of gravity on the spaceship.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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