🇬🇧🇪🇸 abduct - secuestrar : English Lesson

Meaning of "abduct" ("secuestrar"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To abduct someone means to grab a person and take them away when they do NOT want to go, usually by using force, threats, or tricks. It is a serious and dangerous crime, and people who abduct others can go to jail for a long time.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My baby brother tried to abduct my pillow, but I chased him down the hallway like a sleepy superhero.

The magician pretended to abduct my nose with his thumb trick, and I nearly called the Nose Police.

At recess, we pretended aliens would abduct anyone who stepped on the cracks in the sidewalk.

My imaginary dragon threatened to abduct my chores, but my parents sadly rescued them and gave them back to me.

The naughty wind loves to abduct umbrellas, flipping them inside out and sending them flying like confused jellyfish.

On a street, two men moved to abduct the boy on the swing. They reached, gripped his arm, and tried to abduct him. He kicked, screamed, and stomped to stop them trying to abduct him. A neighbor saw the fight, rushed and shouted, "Don't abduct children!" They ran; they could not abduct him; he sobbed with relief.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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