to abscond
11
8.5
- verb
- /æbˈskɒnd/
- Formal
:
fugarse
- The thief managed to abscond with a large sum of money before the police arrived.
- patients who abscond
I I I personally have a real fear that that Tate will abscond before the trial, or at least try try to abscond.
- I I I personally have a real fear that that Tate will abscond before the trial, or at least try try to abscond.
- They absconded with my phone and they put me on every single app known to mankind that had to do with dating.
- I went there and I did abscond and I went back.
Examples
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I thought you might have absconded with our equipment.
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She's an ex-saloon girl who's made a short but colorful career of, marrying or sometimes just romancing men of financial substance and absconding with their money.
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So she made a secret plan to abscond with Ben to Mexico.
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I am told that as many as two in five patients abscond from the hospital without payment.
Academic text (2001) -
Likely, she will take up all the gold she can lay hands on and abscond with it.
Fiction book (1993) -
He absconded with her in the dead of night.
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When she found herself pregnant, the young man denied complicity and absconded.
Fiction book (1996) -
They absconded with my phone and they put me on every single app known to mankind that had to do with dating.
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You absconded with Star Command property, stole an experimental spacecraft, and defied a direct order from your commander.
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As the two move on, Dobbs proposes that they abscond with the old man's gold; Curtin refuses.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
786
4.1
To avoid being punished for something you did wrong
550
1.6
To leave secretly and quickly to get away from danger or control
331
2.4
To run away from a place because it is dangerous
260
3.7
To leave a place or person suddenly, often without saying goodbye
147
3.7
To leave a place quickly and secretly to avoid trouble
137
2.7
To get away from a person, place, or situation that causes trouble
125
3.7
To leave a place quietly so no one notices you
69
2.3
To run away suddenly to escape danger
50
5.4
To leave quickly with something stolen or taken without permission
39
3.8
To leave a place quietly without anyone noticing
33
4.0
Leave a place quietly so others do not notice
32
3.4
To leave a place quietly without anyone noticing
19
6.4
To run away quickly after stealing or committing a crime
17
3.6
To leave a place quietly without being noticed
12
7.2
To leave a place quickly and quietly to avoid something you should do
11
4.4
Leave a place quickly to avoid being caught after causing or seeing trouble
4
8.5
To leave a place quickly and secretly to avoid being caught
4
6.3
To leave a meeting or party quietly so no one notices
4
9.9
To leave a place suddenly without telling anyone to avoid trouble
To leave a place quickly and secretly, often taking things or someone
To escape from the police by running or hiding
Antonyms
How Secret
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abscond comes from Latin parts ab- meaning 'away' and condere meaning 'to hide' or 'put away'. So, to abscond is to 'hide away' quickly, often to avoid being caught and sometimes to take something with you.