1. (

• kidnap ,
• nobble ,
• abduct ,
• snatch ,

) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" ;

2. (

• abduct

) pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts" ;

1. (

• abducent ,
• abducting

) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part ;