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Abduction or abducted may refer to:

Of a person or people [edit]

• Alien abduction, memories of being taken by apparently nonhuman entities from a different planet
• History of alien abduction claims
• Alien abduction claimants
• Narrative of the abduction phenomenon
• Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon
• Child abduction, the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person
• International child abduction
• Raptio, large scale abduction of women, either for marriage or enslavement
• Kidnapping, the taking away of a person against the person's will
• Bride kidnapping, a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
• Express kidnapping, a method of abduction where a small ransom that a company or family can easily pay is requested
• Tiger kidnapping, taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something

Sciences [edit]

• Abduction (kinesiology), a type of movement which draws a limb away from the median plane of the body
• Abductive reasoning, a method of reasoning in logic

Media [edit]

Film and television [edit]

• Abduction (1975 film), directed by Joseph Zito
• Abduction (2011 film), an action-thriller film starring Taylor Lautner
• Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story, a 2005 American documentary film
• "Abduction" (The Outer Limits), episode of the television series
• "Abduction", episode of Death Note, a Japanese animation television series
• "Abducted", episode of Invader Zim, an animated television series
• "The Abducted", a 2010 episode of Fringe
• "The Abduction" (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), 1994 episode of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
• "The Abduction" (Alias), 2002 episode of Alias
• The Abduction (1996 TV film), starring Victoria Principal and Robert Hays

Music and literature [edit]

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), often abbreviated as "the Abduction," "the Entführung," or "die Entführung" in musical and critical circles

• The Abduction of Figaro, a short pastiche of the Abduction and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), jestingly attributed to the fictitious P. D. Q. Bach by its actual composer, Peter Schickele

• Abduction, a music label run by Sun City Girls members
• Abducted (album), an album by death metal band Hypocrisy
• Abduction (novel), a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook
• Abduction!, a 2004 novel by Peg Kehret
• "Abduction" (song), a 2005 song by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson
• Abduction!, a novel
• The 1987 novel The Abduction (Norwegian title Bortførelsen), written in Norwegian by Mette Newth and translated into English by Steven T. Murray and Tiina Nunnally

See also [edit]

• All pages with titles containing "abduct"
• Abductor (disambiguation)
• The Abduction (disambiguation)

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