Abduction

Ab·duc·tion

Abduction

n.
  1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
  2. The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (Physiol.)
  3. The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. (Law)
  4. A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable. (Logic)