abduction

nouns

the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
the act of taking of a person by force
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
is derived from
domain category
the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
is a type of (narrower)
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"