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S: (v) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom) "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

S: (v) shanghai, impress (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship) "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

S: (v) twitch (move or pull with a sudden motion)
S: (v) pull back (move to a rearward position; pull towards the back) "Pull back your arms!"
S: (v) adduct (draw a limb towards the body) "adduct the thigh muscle"
S: (v) abduct (pull away from the body) "this muscle abducts"
S: (v) stretch (pull in opposite directions) "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
S: (v) pluck, plunk, pick (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion) "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
S: (v) tug (pull or strain hard at) "Each oar was tugged by several men"
S: (v) drag (pull, as against a resistance) "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
S: (v) haul, hale, cart, drag (draw slowly or heavily) "haul stones"; "haul nets"
S: (v) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes) "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
S: (v) yank, jerk (pull, or move with a sudden movement) "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
S: (v) winch (pull or lift up with or as if with a winch) "winch up the slack line"
S: (v) pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off (pull or pull out sharply) "pluck the flowers off the bush"

W: (v) adduct [Opposed to: abduct] (draw a limb towards the body) "adduct the thigh muscle"