How to Use abduct in a Sentence

abduct

verb
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  • Ten people close to Juan Guaidó have been detained—half of them were abducted in the midst of the pandemic.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 29 May 2020
  • Two men tried to abduct a real estate agent in North Ridgeville who was scheduled to show a home to a prospective buyer, police said.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Her family refused to take her back, as is true for many children abducted by the LRA.
    — John Okot, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Church said the family approved the wording of the post, which says the parents believe Aguchak was abducted and her body hidden.
    — Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
  • In Congo, for example, rebels hiding in the forests close to the north-eastern city of Beni frequently abduct people and hack them to death with machetes.
    — The Economist, 18 June 2020
  • Aparecida Schunck Flosi Palmeira was released a week after being abducted.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The legislation was named after college student Aniah Blanchard, who was abducted and killed last year.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 13 May 2020
  • Authorities now believe Lindahl abducted Halle from her apartment's parking lot and killed her, Peat said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • One day, the pimp saw her on the street and tried to abduct her.
    — Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Gangs in the area are known to abduct people for ransom.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Anton here tried to abduct a 12-year-old and then fled from the police.
    — NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022
  • That man had lived close to where Kathie, Kandice and Sheri were abducted.
    — Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
  • The records show that a box was checked identifying a risk that one of the parents would abduct the children.
    — Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • As the Lapith tribe carried the gift of a girdle to the shrine of Artemis, centaurs tried to abduct the Lapith women.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The riders wore turquoise and pink – the colors that Sara wore when she was abducted.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Who would abduct him, torture him for days and toss him onto a rubbish tip?
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 27 May 2022
  • As many as nine Haitian journalists have also been abducted since the start of the year.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Police believe the killer was the one who abducted Eleia.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 May 2024
  • Two years before the murder, he was charged with trying to abduct a schoolgirl who stood less than 5 feet.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The next day he was abducted and murdered by armed men in RSF uniforms.
    — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The show’s title refers to a legendary creature left in the place of a baby that’s been abducted (perhaps by fairies or trolls).
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The police determined that the men did not abduct Laci Peterson.
    — Jennifer Pirone, ABC News, 14 May 2021
  • Earlier this year, a 3-year-old boy was abducted by a monkey that carried the child up a cliff.
    — Michael Lee, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The film begins six years after the end of Halloween 5, with Myers and Jamie being abducted by a cult.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And a yet another was abducted from a parking lot and raped.
    — President Joe Biden, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The group was abducted Friday in Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The college student was abducted in the parking lot on her way inside.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Peter, who hasn’t been back to Earth since he was abducted as a child, decides to go home and give his grandpa (Gregg Henry) a hug.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • Some pieces of The Sims will never translate to the real world — in the game, you can get abducted by aliens, give birth to 100 babies and visit with a vampire.
    — Chloe Meister, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is held captive in a hotel-like prison for 15 years then suddenly released, tasked with figuring out why he was abducted, and by whom.
    — Megan Vick, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2024

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