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A complaint has been filed against the factory owner and foreman, both of whom are absconding, police said, adding that four special teams have been set up to trace and arrest them.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Four of them are in police custody, the minor is in a juvenile detention centre and two are absconding.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

Some are seeking their fortune in America or Palestine, while others are absconding to Odessa or Kyiv.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2021

"If you are absconding with the Montensier treasures, then let me show Molly and the Marquis at least what has been left behind."

From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van

Here we are absconding, pretending to be what we are not; shady, to say the least of it.

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)