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to take someone away against their will
- Then the idea of abducting you occurred to me.2.8.4 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 4 — Lasciate Ogni Speranza.... (68% in)
- You have forgotten a wretch who tried to abduct you one night, a wretch to whom you rendered succor on the following day on their infamous pillory.2.9.3 — Vol 2 Bk 9 Chpt 3 — Deaf (76% in)
- When Quasimodo saw that the cell was empty, that the gypsy was no longer there, that while he had been defending her she had been abducted, he grasped his hair with both hands and stamped with surprise and pain; then he set out to run through the entire church seeking his Bohemian, howling strange cries to all the corners of the walls, strewing his red hair on the pavement.2.11.2 — Vol 2 Bk 11 Chpt 2 — The Beautiful Creature.... (1% in)
There are no more uses of "abduct" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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