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Abduction may refer to:

Media

Film and television

• "Abduction" (The Outer Limits), a 2001 television episode
• "Abduction", a 2007 episode of Death Note
• "Abductions", a 2002 episode of Totally Spies!
• "The Abduction" (Alias), a 2002 episode of an American television series
• "The Abduction" (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), a 1994 episode of an American television series
• Abduction (1975 film), directed by Joseph Zito
• Abduction (1997 film), directed by Takao Okawara
• Abduction (2011 film), directed by John Singleton
• Abduction (2019 film), directed by Ernie Barbarash
• Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story, a 2005 American documentary film
• The Abduction, a 1996 TV movie starring Victoria Principal and Robert Hays

Literature

• Abduction (novel), a 2000 novel by Robin Cook
• Abduction!, a 2004 novel by Peg Kehret
• The Abduction, a 1987 novel (Norwegian title Bortførelsen) by Mette Newth
• The Abduction, a 1998 novel by J. Robert King

Music

• "Abduction", a 2005 song by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, from the album Tyranny of Souls
• Abduction, a music label run by members of Sun City Girls

Of a person or people

• Alien abduction, phenomenon of people reporting what they believe to be the real experience of being kidnapped by extraterrestrial beings
• Bride kidnapping, a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry
• Child abduction, unauthorized removal of a minor from the custody of their guardian(s)
• Express kidnapping, abduction where a small immediate ransom is demanded
• International child abduction, form of human trafficking
• Kidnapping, unlawful confinement of a person against their will
• Raptio, large-scale abduction of women
• Tiger kidnapping, taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something

Sciences

• Abduction (anatomy), a type of movement that draws a structure or limb away from the median plane of the body
• Abductive reasoning, a method of reasoning in logic

See also

• Abducted (disambiguation)
• Abductor (disambiguation)

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