abscond (əbˈskɒnd
)
Definitions
verb
- (intr) to run away secretly, esp from an open institution or to avoid prosecution or punishment
Alternative Forms
abˈsconder nounWord Origin
C16: from Latin abscondere to hide, put away, from abs- ab-C16: from Latin to hide, put away, from 1 + to stow + condere to stowSynonyms
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escape,
flee,
get away,
bolt,
fly,
disappear,
skip,
run off,
slip away,
clear out,
flit,
make off,
break free or out
decamp,
hook it,
do a runner,
steal away,
sneak away do a bunk
fly the coop,
skedaddle,
take a powder,
go on the lam make your getaway
do a Skase,
make or effect your escape
Quotations
"abscond: to `move in a mysterious way', commonly with the property of another"
Usage examples
Rather than get serious about investment in new technologies, Western brand managers abscond by taking the frivolous tangents of play.
Spiked (2004)Two days after his release, the state again applied for his detention alleging that he might commit another crime or abscond.
SA Star (2005)They could become exhausted, abscond or be killed by peregrines.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)He was not to know that Faige would abscond , that his letters would never be delivered, that the French vessels would never arrive.
, RALEGH'S LAST JOURNEY: A Tale of Madness, Vanity and Treachery (2003)