Abduction phenomenon ("alien abduction"), an umbrella term used to describe a number of hypotheses, claims or assertions stating that extraterrestrial creatures kidnap individuals

Abductive reasoning, a method of reasoning in logic

Child abduction, the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person

Kidnapping, as a near synonym in criminal law, but sometimes used particularly in cases involving a woman or child

Abduction (demoparty), a demoparty

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story, a 2005 American documentary film

Abduction (physiology), a type of movement involving a change in organ or limb position

North Korean abductions of Japanese or North Korean abductions of South Koreans, a policy of abduction during the 1970s and 1980s pursued by the North Korean government

Abduction (novel), a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook

Abducted (album), an album by death metal band Hypocrisy