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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 Thornbury, Walter