ਸ਼ਬਦ "ਅਗਵਾ" ਦੀ ਡਿਕਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਪਰਿਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਉਸਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਦੇ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ ਜ਼ਬਰਦਸਤੀ ਲੈ ਜਾਣ ਦੀ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਹੈ, ਅਕਸਰ ਧਮਕੀਆਂ, ਧੋਖੇ ਜਾਂ ਸਰੀਰਕ ਤਾਕਤ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਕਰਕੇ। ਇਹ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਇਜਾਜ਼ਤ ਦੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਦਾ ਹਵਾਲਾ ਦੇ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਾਂ ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਮੱਧਰੇਖਾ ਤੋਂ ਦੂਰ ਕਿਸੇ ਅੰਗ ਜਾਂ ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਹਿੱਸੇ ਦੀ ਹਿਲਜੁਲ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਹਵਾਲਾ ਦੇ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਕੁਝ ਸੰਦਰਭਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ, "ਅਗਵਾ" ਸ਼ਬਦ ਇੱਕ ਤਰਕਪੂਰਨ ਅਨੁਮਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਦਲੀਲ ਤਕਨੀਕ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਹਵਾਲਾ ਦੇ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਸੰਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਤਮ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਸਿੱਟੇ 'ਤੇ ਪਹੁੰਚਦਾ ਹੈ।
1. This could only be determined at the moment and the place themselves but it was certain that the abduction must be made that night, and not when, at break of day, the victim was led to her funeral pyre.
2. I told him that his precious daughter had died within a month or so after her abduction.
3. My father had spent countless hours teaching me how to escape a stranger abduction.
4. The abduction of the Dokkalfar queen, all for the want of a pouch.
5. Carlton is devastated by the abduction of her daughter and is committed to doing whatever is necessary to bring Poppy safely home.
6. There had been no abduction, no other men, no surgery, and no physical scar.
7. Back on the porch, Tom confessed his abduction of Florence from Milly.
8. Among them may be those who feel betrayed by me because of the lies about my abduction.
9. Only, during the respite the absence of his rival afforded him, he reflected, partly on the means of deceiving Mercédès as to the cause of his absence, partly on plans of emigration and abduction, as from time to time he sat sad and motionless on the summit of Cape Pharo, at the spot from whence Marseilles and the Catalans are visible, watching for the apparition of a young and handsome man, who was for him also the messenger of vengeance.
10. But Pandora had suffered abduction and captivity as a child and would not allow herself to suffer it once more.