Both Uses of
abduct
in
The Lightning Thief
- A concerned waitress in Denver had seen the man threatening his abductees outside her diner, gotten a friend to take a photo, and notified the police.†
Chpt 21abductees = people take away against their will
- This crazy kidnapper (a.k.a. Ares) was the same man who had abducted me and two other adolescents in New York and brought us across country on a ten-day odyssey of terror.†
Chpt 21 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(abduct) to take someone away against their will
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, abduct can refer to a muscle that pulls away from the body.