abscond
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money.
Origin of abscond
1Other words for abscond
Other words from abscond
- ab·scond·er, noun
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How to use abscond in a sentence
Girls Night Out is a three-volume series that follows the adventures of a woman with dementia and her friends, who abscond from a nursing home.
Somebody had been out in front of my house at nighttime, propped my car up and absconded with my catalytic converter.
Catalytic converter thefts have surged during the pandemic. Police are fighting back. | Donovan Thomas | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostSehon eventually reappeared, possibly after absconding to Tijuana.
Politics Report: The Election After the Election Is Underway | Andrew Keatts and Scott Lewis | October 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe Hashemites will not just surrender power and abscond to South Kensington.
That was then required, and no one could really think I would abscond and leave my old guardian in the lurch.
Miles Wallingford | James Fenimore Cooper
He had settled with Houseman that he would abscond that very night, not wait for the next, as at first he had intended.
Eugene Aram, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonYea, they make a solemn oath to each other not to abscond or conceal the least thing they find amongst the prey.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century | Clarence Henry HaringMexicans also appreciate the pithaya, and servants frequently abscond at that time, in order to get the fruit.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) | Carl LumholtzCould the coolie possibly abscond with a bag of mail under the very eyes of an officer?
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie
British Dictionary definitions for abscond
/ (əbˈskɒnd) /
(intr) to run away secretly, esp from an open institution or to avoid prosecution or punishment
Origin of abscond
1Derived forms of abscond
- absconder, noun
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