Abduction and Kidnap

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Abduction noun - The unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal.

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Kidnap and abduction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kidnap" instead a noun "Abduction".

Nearby Words: abduct, abducted, abductor, abducting

Kidnap verb - To carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully.

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Abduction and kidnap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abduction" instead a noun "Kidnap".

Nearby Words: kidnapping, kidnapper, kidnaping

There is a dark side to this; it's based off actual "bride abduction", in which a man and his friends would actually forcibly kidnap a girl, rape her, then compensate her family for taking the bride, so the parents would be forced to accept the marriage because the daughter has been Defiled Forever.

Source: Child Marriage Veto
Alien Abduction: The Monaxi kidnap people from different worlds to sell into slavery.

Source: Comic Book / Doctor Who (Titan)
Unfortunately, they'd used a switch of children to keep the abduction from being discovered before they could get away — and the "changeling" was a much more agreeable child than the kidnap victim, so the father coolly told them he preferred to keep the baby he had now, thank you very much.

Source: You Can Keep Her

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