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 Translation for 'abduct' from English to French
VERB   to abduct | abducted | abducted
abducting | abducts
SYNO to abduct | to kidnap | to nobble | ...
enlever qn.to abduct sb.
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Translation for 'abduct' from English to French

to abduct sb.
enlever qn.
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Usage Examples English
  • It is known for terrorizing lonely travellers, especially young women on roads at night near the lochs, whom it will abduct and devour under the water.
  • Martin said that Dutroux had already decided to abduct girls in 1985.
  • On August 19, 2019, an Atlanta man, Derwin Davis, came out claiming that Williams had attempted to abduct him in 1979.
  • The film was based on a real-life proposal to abduct Christopher Skase but is mostly fictional. Skase died during post-production.
  • In the author John Connolly's short story collection "Nocturnes" (2004), there is a character known as the Erlking who attempts to abduct the protagonist.

  • In the episode, a race of aliens from an overpopulated planet abduct Captain Kirk to solve their problem.
  • Confessing his plans to abduct Toral to a sect who granted a wish to every confessed sinner, Jesal was offered Toral on condition that he became ascetic.
  • On one occasion, Arcade experimented with what he called "Video Murder Machines", using a laser-like beam to abduct targets into a virtual environment where the victims would engage in deadly video game type scenarios.
  • Turkey has led a hunt of political opponents abroad. Private planes are used to illegally abduct gulenists on foreign territories, without agreements with local jurisdictions.
  • In the 2006 Gaza cross-border raid, Palestinian militants used a tunnel to abduct Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

  • 8 February – ADF militants kill eight civilians and abduct 20 others in Magina, near Beni. The militants retreat after being confronted by police.
  • In 1923 there was a trial involving a man who falsely pretended to be from the company to abduct a young woman.
  • Hoyt's vampire-hating friends abduct Jessica, and require him to shoot her.
  • Giora Tzahor (27 October 1941 – 16 July 2012) was an Israeli military and Mossad officer, known for having headed Israel's efforts to abduct Mordechai Vanunu.
  • The ECRL inserts into the dorsal surface of the base of the second metacarpal bone on its radial side to extend and abduct the wrist.

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