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abductor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun abductor has 2 senses
- abductor(n = noun.person) kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom); Array is a kind of captor, capturer, criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
- abductor(n = noun.body) abductor muscle - a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line; Array is a kind of skeletal muscle, striated muscle
has particulars: crimp, crimper, seizer, shanghaier
Derived form verb abduct1
has particulars: musculus abductor digiti minimi manus, musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis, musculus abductor hallucis, musculus abductor pollicis
Derived form verb abduct2
CIDE DICTIONARY
abductor, n. [NL.].
- One who abducts. [1913 Webster]
- A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
abductor
Thief
N thief, robber, homo triumliterarum, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist, spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder, harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit, pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier, piqueerer, pickeerer, rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster, rapparee, wrecker, picaroon, smuggler, poacher, abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man, highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar, cut purse, pick purse, pickpocket, light-fingered gentry, sharper, card sharper, skittle sharper, thimblerigger, rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher, defaulter, Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster, swell mob, chevalier d'industrie, shoplifter, swindler, peculator, forger, coiner, fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer, smasher, burglar, housebreaker, cracksman, magsman, Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild, gang, gang of thieves, theft ring, organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra, Dillinger, Al Capone, Robin Hood.
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