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abduct, seize, take hostage, carry off, carry away, hold for ransom, ravish, capture, steal, rape, waylay, shanghai, make off with, make away with, grab, remove, lay hands on, put under duress, impress, spirit away, snatch*, pirate*, bundle off*; see also seize 2.

Antonyms ransom, rescue*, release.

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