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What does abduct mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
  2. (physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart. [Early 17th century.]
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A new law took effect last year that makes it illegal to abduct young girls and force them into marriage.
In the shoulder girdle, the serratus anterior and pectoralis minor muscles contract to abduct the scapula on the up phase.
Another common legend claims that fairies would abduct women to be impregnated and bear children for the fairy race.
When Syrian soldiers from the Interior Ministry roared up in a white Toyota van to abduct me, I was startled.
During one such break-in, they find themselves forced to abduct him and take him into the mountains.
Police today issued a photofit of a man they believe tried to abduct a five-month-old baby from its mother's car.

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