moonlight flit

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: moonlight.  informal a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed

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Example Sentences

Given this was the first time that the CMO and CSA had been allowed out in public since Cummings’ moonlight flit to Durham had come to public notice, most journalists were keen to know if they endorsed Classic Dom’s course of action during the end of March and the first two weeks of April.

From The Guardian

But when it was known next day that Jun Johnson and his wife had "done a moonlight flit," it was generally agreed that these suspicions were confirmed.

From Project Gutenberg

He had to be patient and operate in extraordinary secrecy, along with scores of people, to orchestrate what was to appear as a sudden moonlight flit.

From The Guardian

I remember vividly Deirdre Langton's husband, Ray, doing a moonlight flit on a coach at Manchester bus station, leaving Deirdre alone with monstrous child Tracy.

From The Guardian

Masters of the Universe defend use of US bailout cash 11 Feb 2009: Eight of America's top bankers face tough questioning from a US congressional committee about their use of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money Walking away from negative equity | Dean Baker Don't reward risky business | Pat Garofalo 1 Oct 2009 Ken Lewis, chief executive of Bank of America, to step down Allen Stanford: How easy is it to do a moonlight flit?

From The Guardian