Abduction
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Abduction may refer to:
Media
[edit]Film and television
[edit]- "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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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