abductions

  

ab·duc·tion

1   [ab-duhk-shuhn]
noun
1.
act of abducting.
2.
the state of being abducted.
3.
Law. the illegal carrying or enticing away of a person, especially by interfering with a relationship, as the taking of a child from its parent.
Origin:
1620–30; abduct + -ion
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ab·duc·tion

2   [ab-duhk-shuhn]
noun Logic.
a syllogism whose major premise is certain but whose minor premise is probable.
Origin:
1690–1700; < Neo-Latin abductiōn- (stem of abductiō; translation of Greek apagōgḗ). See abduct, -ion
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