abduction

abduction has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
• n.. The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
• n.. The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
• n.. A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
• n.. (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
• n.. the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife