Abduction
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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)