abduction vs ransoming

abduction

noun
  • Leading away; a carrying away. 

  • A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. 

  • The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. 

  • The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. 

ransoming

How often have the words abduction and ransoming occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )