truant
noun
a student who stays away from school without permission.
Example Sentences
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Only juvenile truants and curfew violators are not handcuffed unless they become violent, according to police rules.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019
But there’s got to be a better way than turning students who are trying to learn into truants, and a teacher who is trying to teach into an outlaw.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
Evelyn, when she was little, attended the Sleighton Farm School for Girls in Philadelphia, Barbara said, describing it as a place for chronic truants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2017
Does it mean that two-thirds of students are truants and the remaining one-third spend all their time in school?
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
“Are you aware that the school district has special police who go out searching for truants? They’re very good at their jobs, 1 assure you.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
