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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
abduction
is derived from
abduct
is a type of (narrower)
the act of taking of a person by force
capture,
seizure
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
abduction
is derived from
abduct
domain category
the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
physiology
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"
motility,
motion,
move,
movement
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