English-Italian translations for abduction

• abduzione
• rapimento
  Rapimento di bambini (proseguimento) Abduction of children (continuation)
  Rapimento del signor Tsiakourmas a Cipro Abduction of Mr Tsiakourmas in Cyprus
  sul rapimento del signor Tsiakourmas a Cipro. on the abduction of Mr Tsiakourmas in Cyprus.
• sequestro
  Il suo sequestro, come la detenzione di tutti gli altri prigionieri nell'area, è inaccettabile. His abduction alongside the detention of the rest of the prisoners in the area is unacceptable.
  Qualcuno potrebbe allora tentare di moralizzare l'omicidio, il saccheggio o il sequestro di persona. One might as well try to make murder, plunder or abduction more ethical.
  Nel corso del violento sequestro, i suoi tre accompagnatori sono stati uccisi. The three people with him at the time of his abduction were killed by the kidnappers.

Definition of abduction

• Leading away; a carrying away.
• A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
• The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

Examples

• the abduction of a child

Related words

• abductive
• abductively
• abductive reasoning
• abduction with consent
• child abduction