2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: abducted adjective: (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom; "the father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother" [syn: {kidnapped}, {kidnaped}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Abduct \Ab*duct"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See {Abduce}.] 1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. 2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.

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