abscond
verb (used without object)
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution.
were 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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When police filed the initial charges in 1992, six of the accused - who were only convicted last week - were left out because they were absconding.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024
Also, everywhere, there are dogs, yelping and nipping at the rolling hero as if he were absconding with the Alpo.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man-of-war, seeing one of its fleet sailing, followed, fearing that the sailors were absconding with the pearls.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
