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Captures one abandoning bid during sales (10)

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I believe the answer is:

abductions

'captures' is the definition.
(abduction is a kind of capture)

'one abandoning bid during sales' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'abandoning' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'sales' becomes 'auctions' (I've seen this before).
'bid' with 'i' taken out is 'bd'.
'bd' inserted into 'auctions' is 'ABDUCTIONS'.

(Another definition for abductions that I've seen is " Snatchings".)

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