Of a person or people

• Kidnapping
  Kidnapping
  In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
  
  , the taking away of a person against the person's will
  • Alien abduction, memories of being taken by apparently nonhuman entities
  • Bride kidnapping
    Bride kidnapping
    Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice throughout history and around the world in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry...
    
    , a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
  • Child abduction
    Child abduction
    Child abduction or Child theft is the unauthorized removal of a minor from the custody of the child's natural or legally appointed guardians....
    
    , the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person
  • Express kidnapping
    Express kidnapping
    Express kidnapping , is a method of abduction used in some countries, mainly from Latin America, where a small ransom, that a company or family can easily pay, is requested. It is most common in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. It was frequent in Argentina following its political and economic crisis...
    
    , a method of abduction where a small ransom that a company or family can easily pay is requested
  • Raptio
    Raptio
    Raptio is a Latin term referring to the abduction of women, either for marriage or enslavement . In Roman Catholic canon law, raptio refers to the legal prohibition of matrimony if the bride was abducted forcibly...
    
    , large scale abduction of women, either for marriage or enslavement
  • Tiger kidnapping
    Tiger kidnapping
    A tiger kidnapping or tiger robbery is a crime in which an abduction forms part of a robbery, murder, or any other crime. A person of importance to the victim is held hostage as collateral until the victim has met the criminal's demands.-Etymology:...
    
    , taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something

Sciences

• Abduction (kinesiology)
  Abduction (kinesiology)
  Abduction, in functional anatomy, is a movement which draws a limb away from the median plane of the body. It is thus opposed to adduction.-Upper limb:* of arm at shoulder ** Supraspinatus** Deltoid* of hand at wrist...
  
  , a type of movement which draws a limb away from the median plane of the body
• Abductive reasoning
  Abductive reasoning
  Abduction is a kind of logical inference described by Charles Sanders Peirce as "guessing". The term refers to the process of arriving at an explanatory hypothesis. Peirce said that to abduce a hypothetical explanation a from an observed surprising circumstance b is to surmise that a may be true...
  
  , a method of reasoning in logic

Film and television

• Abduction (1975 film), directed by Joseph Zito
• Abduction (2011 film)
  Abduction (2011 film)
  Abduction is an American action thriller film, directed by John Singleton, starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello, Jason Isaacs, Michael Nyqvist, and Alfred Molina. The film is about a teenager who finds out that his parents are not really his when he sees his baby...
  
  , an action-thriller film starring Taylor Lautner
• Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
  Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
  Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story is an American documentary about Megumi Yokota, a Japanese student who was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977.The film made its world premiere at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival and has won numerous awards...
  
  , a 2005 American documentary film
• "Abduction" (The Outer Limits), episode of the television series
• "The Abduction
  The Abduction
  The Abduction is an episode from the second season of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. The two part episode first aired on April 4, 1994 and served as the CBS show's 40th and 41st installments. It was written by Josef Anderson and directed by Jerome R. London....
  
  ", episode of the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• "Abduction", episode of Death Note, a Japanese animation television series
• "Abducted", episode of Invader Zim, an animated television series

Music and literature

• Abduction, a music label run by Sun City Girls
  Sun City Girls
  The Sun City Girls were an American experimental rock band, formed in 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1981 the group consisted of Alan Bishop , his brother Richard Bishop , and the late Charles Gocher . Their name was inspired by Sun City, Arizona, an Arizona retirement community...
  
   members
• Abducted (album)
  Abducted (album)
  This digipack re-release features four live tracks recorded at the Nuclear Blast Festival on September 25, 2000.-Band members:* Mikael Hedlund − Bass* Lars Szöke − Drums* Peter Tägtgren − Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards-Production:...
  
  , an album by death metal band Hypocrisy
• Abduction (novel)
  Abduction (novel)
  -Synopsis:A team of researchers in a remote region of the Atlantic become trapped inside an ancient undersea volcano when their submersible is inexplicably drawn in. They discover a technologically advanced world of genetically engineered, physically near-perfect humans living comfortably in an...
  
  , a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook
• Abduction! (2004), novel by Peg Kehret

See also

• Abductor (disambiguation)
• Kidnapping (disambiguation)