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abduct and kidnap
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What's the difference between abduct and kidnap?
Aug 21, 2015 1:57 PM
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They're pretty much interchangeable now (with respect to people), even if technically, kidnapping refers to children. I guess if you were talking about a pet, then you would use abduction, be we would also say "dog-napped" and people would understand what we meant.
August 21, 2015
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