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What is another word for abducting?

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Verb
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Present participle for to abduct or carry away (someone) unlawfully or forcefully
kidnapping
kidnaping
capturing
seizing
shanghaiing
hijacking
snatching
nobbling
grabbing
removing
dognapping
dognaping
carrying off
running off with
making off with
running away with
spiriting away
holding to ransom
holding hostage
making away with
putting the snatch on
taking hostage
taking prisoner
pirating
carrying away
skyjacking
waylaying
ransoming
taking as hostage
bundling off
body snatching
nabbing
taking captive
raping
holding for ransom
taking as prisoner
stealing
laying hands on
expropriating
appropriating
commandeering
taking
intercepting
catching
confiscating
nicking
borrowing
carjacking
taking over
taking possession of
“It has been alleged that the person who attempted to abduct the girl was a serving member of the force.”
Verb
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Present participle for to dispossess someone of something
making off with
stealing
pilfering
purloining
thieving
filching
lifting
pinching
swiping
taking
nicking
appropriating
heisting
snitching
snatching
nabbing
hooking
snaffling
nobbling
kidnapping
kidnaping
whipping
glomming
liberating
boning
cribbing
removing
snavelling
carrying off
running off with
knocking off
walking off with
running away with
absconding with
walking away with
half-inching
withdrawing
rustling
whisking
carting off
carrying
carrying away
taking off
spiriting
whisking off
misappropriating
taking possession of
robbing
rifling
converting
helping oneself to
peculating
ripping off
cozening
ransacking
scrumping
spiriting away
shoplifting
boosting
flogging
prigging
going walkies
mooching
swindling
cabbaging
taking for oneself
blagging
defalcating
abstracting
holding up
defrauding one of
plundering
cheating one of
holding for ransom
burglarizing
walking
pillaging
jacking
souveniring
embezzling
looting
sticking up
stripping one of
pocketing
trousering
nipping
Verb
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Present participle for to seize or capture someone or an animal
collaring
capturing
seizing
catching
nabbing
bagging
grabbing
getting
hooking
netting
landing
snaring
nailing
snatching
trapping
snagging
copping
glomming
corralling
taking
securing
grappling
rapping
detaining
appropriating
prehending
cornering
snapping up
getting hold of
laying hands on
getting a hold of
apprehending
arresting
taking into custody
ensnaring
pinching
nicking
kidnapping
kidnaping
pulling in
picking up
laying hold of
carrying off
nobbling
bringing in
taking in
entrapping
taking captive
taking possession of
taking prisoner
taking hold of
taking hostage
busting
lifting
hauling in
reeling in
rounding up
grabbing hold of
feeling your collar
getting one's fingers on
acquiring
obtaining
procuring
attaining
gaining
getting one's mitts on
getting into one's hands
getting your hands on
gathering up
restraining
extracting
gleaning
eliciting
beaching
lassoing
entangling
pouncing on
receiving
claiming
hitting up
holding out for
laying claim to
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