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abscond
(redirected from absconders)

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ab·scond  (b-sknd)
intr.v. ab·scond·ed, ab·scond·ing, ab·sconds
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.

[Latin abscondere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + condere, to put; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

ab·sconder n.

abscond
Verb
to run away unexpectedly [Latin abscondere to conceal]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.abscondabscond - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
levant - run off without paying a debt
flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

abscond
verb escape, flee, get away, bolt, fly, disappear, skip, run off, slip away, clear out, flit (informal) make off, break free or out, decamp, hook it (slang) do a runner (slang) steal away, sneak away, do a bunk Brit. (slang) fly the coop U.S., Canad. (informal) skedaddle (informal) take a powder U.S., Canad. (slang) go on the lam U.S., Canad. (slang) make your getaway, do a Skase Austral. (informal) make or effect your escape
Translations
abscond [əbˈskɔnd] vifugarse
abscond [əbˈskɔnd] vidisparaître, s'enfuir
abscond [əbˈskɔnd] vi to abscond with → sich davonmachen mit;
to abscond (from) → fliehen (aus)
abscond [əbˈskɔnd] viscappare


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Lawmakers may be dreaming up new ways to tip Poulson and his team off to undocumented immigrants among them, but Poulson says his office is barely equipped to keep up with criminals and absconders and monitor potential terrorist targets like pipelines and airports.
Of the nearly 400,000 absconders who've avoided deportation, roughly 80,000 are convicted criminals, reported Time magazine.
* INS claims over 314,000 immigrants have outstanding orders of deportation and begins the Alien Absconders Apprehension Initiative.
 
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