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Abduction



 
  Abduction may refer to:

Abduction of a person or people

  • Kidnapping
    Kidnapping

    In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or asportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority....
    , as a near synonym in criminal law, but sometimes used particularly in cases involving a woman or child
    • 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....
    • Child abduction
      Child abduction

      Child abduction is the kidnapping of a child by an older person.Several distinct forms of child abduction exist:* A stranger removes a child for Crime purposes:...
      , the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person
    • Raptio
      Raptio

      The Latin term raptio refers 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 ....
    • North Korean abductions of Japanese
      North Korean abductions of Japanese

      The North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government happened during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983....
       or North Korean abductions of South Koreans
      North Korean abductions of South Koreans

      An estimated 83,000 South Koreans were taken to North Korea during the Korean War. In addition, South Korean statistics claim that 486 Koreans have been abducted by North Korea since the ceasefire of the Korean War, the vast majority in the late 1970s....
      , a policy of abduction during the 1970s and 1980s pursued by the North Korean government.
    • alien abduction (abduction phenomenon in UFOlogy), an umbrella term used to describe a number of hypotheses, claims or assertions stating that extraterrestrial creatures kidnap individuals.


Sciences

  • Abduction (physiology)
    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....
    , a type of movement involving a change in organ or limb position
  • Abductive reasoning
    Abductive reasoning

    Abduction, or inference to the best explanation, is a method of reasoning in which one chooses the hypothesis that would, if true, best explain the relevant evidence....
    , a method of reasoning in logic


Cultural References

  • Abducted (album)
    Abducted (album)

    Abducted is the fourth studio album released by Hypocrisy . It is the album where the band started to change their sound. On this release melodic death metal was brought into their original death metal sound....
    , an album by death metal band Hypocrisy
    Hypocrisy (band)

    Hypocrisy is a death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter T?gtgren.Musically, the band's style has drifted from a traditional death metal sound on their early albums, to a more melodic death metal sound....
  • Abduction (novel)
    Abduction (novel)

    Abduction is the 2000 thriller novel by American author Robin Cook , who usually writes only medical thrillers. Perry Bergman, President of Benthic Marine, has staked a lot into the current project - drilling into a newly discovered undersea mountain that Geosat had strangely missed....
    , a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook
    Robin Cook (novelist)

    Dr. Robin Cook is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health.He is best known for combining medical writing with the Thriller genre....
  • Abduction (novel)
    Abduction (novel)

    Abduction is the 2000 thriller novel by American author Robin Cook , who usually writes only medical thrillers. Perry Bergman, President of Benthic Marine, has staked a lot into the current project - drilling into a newly discovered undersea mountain that Geosat had strangely missed....
    , a 2002 short story by Shelagh Delaney
  • Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
    Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

    Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story is an American documentary about Megumi Yokota, a Japan student who was North Korean abductions of Japanese in 1977....
    , a 2005 American documentary film
  • Alien Abduction (film)
    Alien Abduction (film)

    Alien Abduction is a 2005 in film Science fiction Horror fiction film produced by The Asylum, and one of few by the same studio not produced Mockbuster....
    , a 2005 science-fiction film by The Asylum
    The Asylum

    The Asylum is an United States film studio and Film distributor which focuses on producing low-budget, usually direct-to-video productions. The studio is best known for producing titles which appear to capitalize on productions by major studios....