abduct
/æbˈdʌkt/
verb
- To take someone away illegally by force or deception; to kidnap.
- Police arrested the man who planned to abduct the wealthy businessman.
- The stranger tried to abduct the child from the playground.
- In the movie, aliens abduct a farmer and take him to their spaceship.
- To move a body part away from the midline of the body (in anatomy and physiology).
- The physical therapist showed exercises to abduct the hip for better mobility.
- When you raise your arm to the side, you abduct it at the shoulder.
- To stretch properly, slowly abduct your leg away from your body.