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abductee

/æbˌdʌkˈti/
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Other forms: abductees

An abductee is someone who has been kidnapped. Sometimes, a kidnapper will demand large amounts of money in exchange for the return of an abductee.

An abductee is the victim of a crime, a person who has been seized and taken away against their will. If you take your neighbor's pet rabbit without asking and hide it in your room, that poor bunny is an abductee. The word comes from abduct, "to kidnap," and the -ee ending, which signifies "person to whom the verb's action is done."

Definitions of abductee
  1. noun
    a person who is kidnapped or taken by force or trickery
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