(Canada, historical) The government practice of forcibly taking Aboriginal children away from their families to be brought up in foster care or adopted into white families, which occurred from the lat
(Canada, historical) The government practice of forcibly taking Aboriginal children away from their families to be brought up in foster care or adopted into white families, which occurred from the late 1950s until the 1980s.
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(Australia, mass noun) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who as children who were removed from their families by government agencies or church missions, between approximately 1869 and (officially) 1969.
(Australia, usually, in the plural) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were removed from their families as children, within some given generation (nominal period of time over which children grow up, before having children of their own).
(legal, Scotland, historical) The abduction of a woman or child.
(transitive, archaic, United States, slang) To entice, trick or manipulate (someone) into joining up with a group or activity.