abduction

noun

1. 1

   Leading away; a carrying away.

2. 2

   The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

3. 3

   A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.

4. 4

   The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

   “the abduction of a child”