abduct

Etymology

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”). * (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.

verb

1. (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
   to abduct children
   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. 1904, Jules Verne, chapter 16, in The Master of the World, archived from the original on 2012-02-23
2. (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.