Taking away damaged bud in effect (9)
I believe the answer is:
abduction
'taking away' is the definition.
'damaged bud in effect' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'effect' becomes 'action'.
'bud' with letters rearranged gives 'bdu'.
'bdu' going into 'action' is 'ABDUCTION'.
(Other definitions for abduction that I've seen before include "Carrying off (of a person)" , "forcible removal" , "Kidnapping" .)