Difference between Abduct and Kidnap

ABDUCT vs KIDNAP: NOUN

Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Pull away from the body

To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.
To carry off by force; kidnap.

To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.
To abduct or confine (a person) forcibly, by threat of force, or by deceit, without the authority of law.

In physiology, to move or draw away (a limb) from the axis of the body, or (a digit) from the axis of the limb: opposed to adduct.
To lead away or carry off surreptitiously or by force; kidnap.

To steal, abduct, or carry off forcibly (a human being, whether man, woman, or child). In law it sometimes implies a carrying beyond the jurisdiction.

Langford, Removal, Removing, Fly, Take, Scrape, Resect, Remove, Seize, Hijack, Steal, Kidnapping, Nobble, Snatch, Kidnap

Bride, Abductees, Steal, Hijacked, Hijacking, Hijack, Kidnappings, Hostage, Kidnappers, Abducting, Abducted, Abduction, Nobble, Snatch, Abduct

Terrorize, Burglarize, Molest, Removal, Removing, Fly, Take, Scrape, Resect, Remove, Seize, Steal, Nobble, Snatch, Kidnap

Resect, Seizure, Seize, Grab, Bride, Abductees, Steal, Hijacked, Hijacking, Hostage, Abducting, Abducted, Nobble, Snatch, Abduct

The Frighteningly Sophisticated Plot to Kidnap Gretchen Whitmer.
Feds Bust Militia Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov.
Balfe says of her kidnap and rape scenes.
Saudi officials discussed a plan to kidnap Khashoggi.
Penalty for threats to kidnap or demand ransom.
Has either parent threatened to kidnap the child?
He is present when the Zoni kidnap Clank.
He gets his son to kidnap Princess Peach.
To outright kidnap and devour any disobedient child.
When PM of the country says kidnap of IGP Sindh is non issue for him what else encouragement agencies need to kidnap other citizens?