How to Use abduct in a Sentence

abduct

verb
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  • 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
  • In the meantime, Collings rushed to Spears' home, abducted Ford and brought her back to his trailer to rape her.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Dec. 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
  • In episode four, after Jean is abducted, Pat calls Dolours with a job.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nor has the unidentified son of the couple who was abducted.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • This source divined that Jayme had been abducted, raped and left in a small pond or lake northeast or east of her home.
    — Peter Passi / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • Two years later, she herself was murdered—abducted from her home, shot up, and left in the woods.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • Plot: The Simpsons are abducted by Kang or Kodos, who either want to eat them or treat them like kings.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And a yet another was abducted from a parking lot and raped.
    — President Joe Biden, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Children at the birthday party where Kamille was abducted around 8:30 p.m. said she was grabbed by a man who took off in an SUV.
    — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The group was abducted Friday in Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • The college student was abducted in the parking lot on her way inside.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • This was a 14-year-old headed to band practice who was abducted, hooded, and murdered.
    — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Humphries was abducted by 22-year-old former dental nurse Julie Kelley, who had recently been pregnant at the time.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024

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