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Kidnapped vs Abducted - What's the difference?

kidnapped | abducted |

As verbs the difference between kidnapped and abducted

is that kidnapped is (kidnap) while abducted is (abduct).

As an adjective kidnapped

is subjected to kidnapping.

kidnapped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (kidnap)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • subjected to kidnapping

    • abducted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abduct)

    • abduct

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1904 , author=Jules Verne , title=The Master of the World , chapter=16 , url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/v/verne/jules/v52mw/chapter16.html , passage=That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.}}
  • (physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.

    • Synonyms

    * kidnap * seize

    Derived terms

    * abductee * abductive

    Related terms

    * abduce * abducens * abducent * abduction * abductor

    References