The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABDUCT
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More clues leading to the result ABDUCT
- Kidnap a French duke in outskirts of Brest
- Kidnap sailor on vessel
- Seaman reportedly avoided kidnap
- Make off with sailor’s pipe
- Take away a book on French aristocrat over time
- Carry off sailor over channel
- Lincoln nearly escaped so-called 10
- Snatch sailor’s pipe
- Sailor by channel take away
- Kidnap of rising graduate on Tube
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The straight part
We know that "Carry off" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case carry off = abduct.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABDUCT mean?
ABDUCT verb- To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.