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abductions

noun

plural of abduction

as in kidnappings

the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal discredited reports of abductions by aliens

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Recent Examples of abductions Journalists who had not heard about the abductions kept going in. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Sullivan cautioned that trafficking often looks very different from the abductions portrayed in movies. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Sandinista operatives are suspected in a series of shootings, abductions and killings of Nicaraguan exiles in Costa Rica in recent years. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Last week, dozens of people were kidnapped from a mosque in a spate of abductions at several villages in Nigeria's north-central Niger state. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Family ties convince him to join with Beck and get back in the game before Jake also turns up dead, a tricky proposition since clues start to point to Carter perhaps directing new abductions from his cell. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026 Atiku promised on Wednesday to restore subsidized fuel, while Obi vowed to tackle security challenges such as mass abductions for ransom that threaten the country’s stability. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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In 2025, 1,268 kidnappings were reported, a nearly 40% drop from the 2,058 kidnapping reported the previous year, the report stated.

— Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
In the '30s, when the Lindbergh baby was abducted, kidnappings and ransoms were so common that high-profile people often secured kidnapping insurance.

— Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026

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Dowd Hall shows how the ASWPL destroyed the notion of white Southern chivalry, as the women flatly denied that lynchings were because of the rapes of white women.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Administration officials say third-country deportations are the only way to remove the most difficult-to-deport immigrants, including violent criminals who have committed rapes and murders.

— Julian Mark, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026

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