Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One, such as a kidnapper, who abducts.
- noun Anatomy A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, away from the midline of the body or of an extremity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which abducts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who abducts.
- noun (Anat.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
- noun a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
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Examples
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COLLINS: Audrey Seiler is back home with her family today, but a man she described as her abductor has not been found.
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And unlike the case with Polly Klaas and Jessica Lunsford, it ` s very rare -- it ` s less than one-half of 1 percent -- that the abductor is a stranger, if you will.
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He does, at least his description that's been put out there and that you had on earlier, seems to deviate from what the 9-year-old described as the abductor, but I don't think that that's not all that meaningful.
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'Of the major three, you are firstly looking at the possibility that the abductor could be a woman who is grossly psychologically disturbed.
The Jigsaw Man Britton, Paul, 1946- 1997
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It does, however, govern the marriage of an unbaptized abductor with a Catholic abducted woman, and vice versa.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The mere word of the abducted woman, especially as against the oath of the so-called abductor and the absence of all rumour, does not establish the fact.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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From hour to hour yesterday I expected to hear that he had been found, and that his abductor was the murderer of John Straker.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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From hour to hour yesterday I expected to hear that he had been found, and that his abductor was the murderer of John Straker.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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From hour to hour yesterday I expected to hear that he had been found, and that his abductor was the murderer of John Straker.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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From hour to hour yesterday I expected to hear that he had been found, and that his abductor was the murderer of John Straker.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
strev commented on the word abductor
I bought one of these for abs of steel
November 7, 2009