abductor
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8.2
- noun
- /æbˈdʌktər/
:
secuestrador
- The MO is an exact match of a serial child abductor you put away 15 years ago.
- abusive abductors
- alleged abductor
- child abductor
Jane seeing their own created abductor Tannerman while Jess was talking to Jerry on the side street.
- Jane seeing their own created abductor Tannerman while Jess was talking to Jerry on the side street.
Examples
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Police suspect his abductor is here in the Armstrong Houses.
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Can you describe your abductor... the man who approached you in the station?
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Your dad is trying to fight her abductor.
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Police suspect his abductor is here in the Armstrong Houses.
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Can you describe your abductor... the man who approached you in the station?
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If we don't catch the abductor by day one, only about 10% are ever solved.
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I tell you now that in a meeting earlier this evening with Senator Ruth Martin, Dr. Lecter agreed to assist in the investigation of trying to find the abductor of Catherine Martin, Buffalo Bill.
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For the latest developments in the search for Cody Martin... ...we take you now live to Gannon, New Jersey... ...where local detective Daniel Martin, uncle of the missing 4-year-old... ...is about to make a public appeal to Cody's abductor.
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The victim's parents have made an appeal to the abductor, begging for their daughter's safe return.
Synonyms
173
4.0
A person who takes someone away and keeps them to get money
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6.1
A person or animal that takes and holds another living thing, often by force
3
8.5
A person who takes someone by force and demands money for their return
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6.6
A person who catches and keeps people or animals
A person or thing that takes and keeps something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A muscle that moves a limb or other body part away from the body's middle
- Specialized
A small hand muscle that moves the little finger away from the other fingers
- Specialized
A small foot muscle that moves the little toe away from the other toes
- Specialized
A foot muscle that moves the big toe away from the other toes and bends it
- Specialized
A muscle in the thumb that moves the thumb away from the hand
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
abductor = abduct (transparent) = ab + duct + or
Clear agentive formation from the verb 'abduct' meaning a person who abducts.
Etymology
Abductor comes from Latin parts ab- 'away' and ducere 'to lead', so an abductor is 'one who leads away'. That's why an abductor today means a person who takes someone away illegally or kidnaps them.