She accused him of 'abstracting' [='pinching'] some money from her purse.
The word “poem” is concrete, the word “poetry” is 'abstract'.
Data for the study was 'abstracted from' hospital records.
(..) right into the production. Can you imagine that in a classical ballet? A dancer intentionally falling? There's a whole new word for dance now, it's called abstract. He's not the only one though, there's Lincoln Kirstein, and Lucia Chase and Agnes DeMille... she has just torn up (..)2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button