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# abduction

«abduction» in Mova's school dictionary: **the taking away of a person by force or trickery, against…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural abductions)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abduction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abduction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.