| Abduction 1. (n.) The act of taking a person away against his or her will. 2. (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. 3. (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. 4. (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable. Thesaurus Entries apprehension, arrest, arrestation, capture, catch, catching, collaring, coup, crimping, dragnet, forcible seizure, grab, grabbing, hold, impressment, kidnapping, nabbing, picking up, power grab, prehension, running in, seizure, seizure of power, shanghaiing, snatch, snatching, taking in, taking into custody |