title: Abduction
text: Abduction may refer to:
  
  Media
  
  Film and television
   "Abduction" (The Outer Limits), a 2001 television episode
   "Abduction" (Death Note) a Japanese animation television series
   "Abductions" (Totally Spies!), a 2002 episode of an animated television series
   "The Abduction" (Alias), a 2002 television episode
   "The Abduction" (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), a 1994 television episode
   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
  
  Literature
   Abduction (novel), a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook
   Abduction!, a 2004 novel by Peg Kehret
   The Abduction, a 1987 novel (Norwegian title Bortførelsen), written in Norwegian by Mette Newth and translated into English by Steven T. Murray and Tiina Nunnally
   The Abduction, a 1998 novel by J. Robert King
  
  Music
   "Abduction", a 2005 song by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson
   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 guardians
   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 which draws a structure or limb away from the median plane of the body
   Abductive reasoning, a method of reasoning in logic
  
  See also
   Abducted (disambiguation)
   Abductor (disambiguation)