How do you use the word "abduction" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "abduction" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "abduction": Tom was involved in Mary's abduction. Tom, an experienced reporter, was investigating the recent abduction of three children in the city.

Abduction Meaning

/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounLeading away; a carrying away.

nounA leading away; a carrying away.

Sentence Examples

Tom was involved in Mary's abduction.

Tom, an experienced reporter, was investigating the recent abduction of three children in the city.

Yanni was smuggled into North Korea after his abduction.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The police launched an investigation into the ____ of the young girl from her home last night.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The mysterious ____ of the painting shocked the art community.

Word Origin & History

From Latin abductiō(n) (“a robbing; an abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct + -ion or abduce + -tion. * (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus. * Compare French abduction.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down." — 2013, Jain MD, MSPH with Wilcox, PT, Katz, MD, MS, and Higgins, MD, “Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff”, in PM&R Journal:

"The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning." — 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, page 256:

"Saturday’s actions – the abduction of [Venezuelan] President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to face federal drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., and the deadly bombings of military installations and some civilian buildings across the country – had “Trump Corollary” written all over them." — 2026 January 4, Howard LaFranchi, “Seizing Venezuela’s Maduro, Trump implements his corollary to Monroe Doctrine”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2026:

"But fear of abduction never stopped a good ufologist." — 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 122:

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