abduct

Verb

Verb Forms: abducted, abducting, abducts

To draw or move a part of the body away.
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
pull away from the body
- "this muscle abducts"
To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.

Examples

I had to abduct my best letters to form a word on the bonus square.
I was abducted by aliens.
to abduct children

Origin / Etymology

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”).
* (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.

Synonyms

kidnap, nobble, snatch, carry off, drag away, run away with, seize, spirit away, stretch, take away

Antonyms

adduct, reinstate, restore

Scrabble Score: 11

abduct: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
abduct: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
abduct: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

abduct: valid Words With Friends Word