::I'd like to thank the lot of you for waiting for my input. In the past I had supported the use of seized, I believe in the framework of a semantic mix, but I'm not certain that it is the best word for exclusive use. The problem in my eyes is that abduct, which is between one side's preferred capture, and the other's kidnap, carries the "taken hostage for negotiation" meaning in a manner that I'm not sure seized does, and which would then be lost. While I'm open to continuing the previous discussion if necessary, I feel as if the goal-post has been moved (in good faith) from finding a midpoint between two extremes to finding a midpoint between one extreme and the previous midpoint - I don't see anything that can be done about that aside from continuing discussion, but it is my sentiment, and I don't know that that is "compromise". Cheers, ''''''