Abduction may refer to:

Media

Film and television

  • 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
  • "Abduction" (The Outer Limits), a 2001 television episode
  • "Abduction" (Shameless), a 2004 television episode
  • "Abduction", a 2007 episode of Death Note
  • "Abductions", a 2002 episode of Totally Spies!
  • "The Abduction" (Alias), a 2002 television episode
  • "The Abduction" (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), a 1994 television episode

Literature

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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

Other

  • Abduction (card game), published in 1998

See also

  • Abducted (disambiguation)
  • Abductor (disambiguation)