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Abductor   /æbdˈəktər/  /əbdˈəktər/   Listen
Abductor

noun
1.
Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).  Synonyms: kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher.
2.
A muscle that draws a body part away from the median line.  Synonym: abductor muscle.



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"Abductor" Quotes from Famous Books



... lightning the abductor carried the countess into an open chapel and seated her behind the confessional on a wooden bench. By the light of the tapers burning before the saint to whom the chapel was dedicated, they looked at each other for a moment in silence, clasping hands, and amazed at their own audacity. The ...
— Maitre Cornelius • Honore de Balzac



Words linked to "Abductor" :   crimp, shanghaier, captor, outlaw, musculus abductor hallucis, abduct, felon, crimper, crook, seizer, capturer, skeletal muscle, musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis, striated muscle, malefactor, criminal



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