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Abduction of Europe (1908) by Félix Vallotton
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being. It is sometimes used as a euphemism for rape, as in the "rape" of Europa by Zeus.

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