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- Dictionaryab·duct/əbˈdək(t)/
verb
- 1. take (someone) away by force or deception; kidnap: "the millionaire who disappeared may have been abducted"
- 2. (of a muscle) move (a limb or part) away from the midline of the body or from another part: "the posterior rectus muscle, which abducts the eye"
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2 days ago · Emperor Justiniancontinued the use of the statute to prosecute rape during the sixth century in the Eastern Roman Empire.[192] By late antiquity, the general term raptushad referred to abduction, elopement, robbery, or rape in its modern meaning.
5 days ago · Kids. More than 40% of child abductions take place over the summer. Here are ways to keep them safe. In 2022, there were a staggering 359,094 entries for missing children nationwide, according to...
5 days ago · The people kidnapped last Wednesday were travelling in three buses, making their way to Addis Ababa from Debark University in the Simien Mountains, a well-known tourist destination.
4 days ago · SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A woman faces a kidnapping case after pretending that she and her two minor children were abducted in this city and demanding a P1.5-million ransom from the children's grandmother, her former mother-in-law, in this city on Thursday, July 11.
6 days ago · Kenya School of Law’s Student Governing Council president Joshua Okayo has narrated how he was abducted and tortured during the anti-Finance Bill protests in Nairobi.
4 days ago · ‘Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie’ tells an important story. Lifetime’s latest collaboration project with actress-producer Garcelle Beauvais gives a voice to missing Black...
