abscond
verb (used without object)
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution.
absconds
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present tense formof abscond (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She said the rate of absconds was "coming down substantially", with 57 cases in the year ending March 2025 compared to 143 in the year ending March 2020.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Eve absconds and takes one of her husband’s favorite possessions, a small Renoir painting.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2023
As excellent as Alikhan’s staging has been throughout, Majok absconds without having to commit herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
Rather than discarding the series’ dated gender dynamics, Odyssey at first appears to speed-run right into them: Bowser, Mario’s Godzilla-like nemesis for more than 30 years, absconds with Princess Peach in order to marry her.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2017
Three that are not entitled to sick-maintenance: a man who absconds from his chief, from his family, from a poet.
From The Triads of Ireland by Kuno Meyer
