Word: abductionã
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...issue directly in the program, writing, “As the predominant connotation of the word shifted over time, [the playwrights] Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt adjusted the text to make it extra-clear that ‘rape’ in this context means ‘abduction??seizure…kidnapping.’” The directors were correct that the meaning of the word changed, but the change occurred in the 15th century at the latest. By 1960, “rape” meant what it means today; all that changed...