ontvoeren — meaning in English

English meaning

• abduct verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
• kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.
• ravish verb To fill someone with intense delight or joy.

Senses

ontvoeren is used for these senses in English:

• abduct (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
• kidnap (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]
• ravish (archaic, or, literary) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

abduct — full definition

1. verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
2. verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.

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