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Abduction
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To take someone away from a place without that person's consent, or by fraud.
In Canada's Criminal Code, at ยง283, the crime of abduction is defined as follows, and carrying a sentence of up to ten years of incarceration:
"Every one who, being the parent, guardian or person having the lawful care or charge of a person under the age of fourteen years, takes, entices away, conceals, detains, receives or harbours that person, whether or not there is a custody order in relation to that person made by a court anywhere in Canada, with intent to deprive a parent or guardian, or any other person who has the lawful care or charge of that person, of the possession of that person...."
See also kidnap as well as Convention on International Child Abduction.
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