What is the wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress called?
abduction — (Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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