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abduct

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abduct
verb
she was abducted by two men and held for 36 hours:
kidnap, carry off, seize, capture, run away/off with, make off with, spirit away, hold hostage, hold to ransom, hijack;
informal snatch, shanghai, nobble;
archaic ravish, rape.
abduct Oxford Dictionary of English