abscond
verb (used without object)
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution.
was absconding
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past progressiveof abscond.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The police in Kothamangalam said Mr Poulos was absconding in the UK, and they had sealed his local offices after receiving complaints from six people.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
"At any rate he was absconding from Rome, with valuables."
From The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths
It was for this irrational caprice among others that, like a relatively poor man in this jiggling and forward moving box, he was absconding on an economical and flightless journey to nowhere.
From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
