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# abduction

noun (plural abductions)

«abduction» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An abduction is the taking away of a person by force or trickery, against their will. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abduction/#m1)

### In the lessons

a monster, enchanter or villain who carries off a prince, princess or traveller, and the hero who goes to rescue them

### Examples

- The giant's abduction of the princess shocked the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abduction/#x1)
- After the abduction, the prince set out to rescue her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abduction/#x2)
- The wicked witch planned the abduction of the baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abduction/#x3)
- The police searched for the missing child after the abduction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abduction/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abduction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abduction/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abduction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abduction.html) on Mova free.