abdução
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin abductiōnem (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ab‧du‧ção
Noun edit
abdução f (plural abduções)
- (anatomy) abduction (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)
- (Brazil, law) abduction (wrongful carrying off of a human being)
- Synonym: sequestro