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abductee

abductee

9 8.1
A person who someone takes by force or trick against their will
  • noun
  • /æbˈdʌkˌti/
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  • There are many stories about abductees who were taken against their will and later escaped.

Like now the question is, am I an abductee, right?

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Examples

  • Thus, as one abductee puts it, they go "underground."

    Academic text (1993)
  • One of the most difficult things is for the abductees to look directly at the beings themselves.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Like now the question is, am I an abductee, right?

  • One of the things people would ask as an abductee, I probably would as well, is why me?

  • Finally, I want to give the last word to an abductee who spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology conference.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Usually, abductees are returned to the same place they were originally, but funny things happen.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I'm an abductee!

  • Some abductees have been witnessed by their relatives to be not present, literally missing, during the abduction period.

    Academic text (1993)
  • What Claire said is characteristic of what other abductees have said to me: "I would relish the idea that I'm insane.

    Academic text (1993)
  • My team allocated considerable resources into tracking bona fide abductees.

Synonyms

hostage
vsabductee
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3.9

Someone others hold to force someone else to do something

is taken by force or deception rather than held to secure demands
kidnappee
vsabductee
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1 7.6

A person who is taken by force and kept against their will

is taken away by force or deception rather than only being held

Surface Forms

abductee singular
abductees plural

Morphology

abductee = abduct (transparent) = abduct + ee

The agent/patient meaning 'person who has been abducted' is a straightforward use of the productive suffix '-ee' on the verb 'abduct'.

Etymology

The word abductee comes from ab- 'away' and a root that means 'to lead', a root you can see in conduct, plus the ending -ee which means 'a person who receives the action', like in employee. So an abductee is someone who has been 'led away' from where they were, often against their will.