Abduction

Abduction may refer to:

Of a person or people

• Alien abduction, memories of being taken by apparently nonhuman entities from a different planet
• Bride kidnapping, a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
• Child abduction, the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person
• Express kidnapping, a method of abduction where a small ransom that a company or family can easily pay is requested
• International child abduction
• Kidnapping, the taking away of a person against the person's will
• Raptio, large scale abduction of women, either for marriage or enslavement
• Tiger kidnapping, taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something

Sciences

• Abduction (kinesiology), a type of movement which draws a limb away from the median plane of the body
• Abductive reasoning, a method of reasoning in logic

Media

Film and television

• Abduction (1975 film), directed by Joseph Zito
• Abduction (1997 film), directed by Takao Okawara
• Abduction (2011 film), directed by John Singleton
• "Abduction," episode of Death Note, a Japanese animation television series
• Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story, a 2005 American documentary film
• "Abduction" (The Outer Limits), a 2001 television episode
• "Abductions" (Totally Spies!), a 2002 episode of an animated television series
• The Abduction, a 1996 TV movie starring Victoria Principal and Robert Hays
• "The Abduction" (Alias), a 2002 television episode
• "The Abduction" (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), a 1994 television episode

Literature

• Abduction (novel), a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook
• Abduction!, a 2004 novel by Peg Kehret
• The Abduction, a 1987 novel (Norwegian title Bortførelsen), written in Norwegian by Mette Newth and translated into English by Steven T. Murray and Tiina Nunnally
• The Abduction, a 1998 novel by J. Robert King set in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons

Music

• Abduction, a music label run by members of Sun City Girls
• "Abduction", a 2005 song by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson
• The Abduction from the Seraglio, an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• The Abduction of Figaro, a musical pastiche by Peter Schickele writing as P.D.Q. Bach

See also

• Abducted (disambiguation)
• Abductor (disambiguation)