abscond (redirected from absconds)

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.

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

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ab·sconder n.

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abscond [əbˈskɒnd]

vb

(intr) to run away secretly, esp from an open institution or to avoid prosecution or punishment

[from Latin abscondere to hide, put away, from abs- ab-¹ + condere to stow]

absconder  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

abscond - 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" absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp, bolt levant - run off without paying a debt flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

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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, make or effect your escape A dozen inmates have absconded from the jail in the past year.

Quotations
"abscond: to `move in a mysterious way', commonly with the property of another" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

abscond [əbˈskɒnd] VI → fugarse; (with funds) → huir

abscond [æbˈskɒnd] vi → disparaître, s'enfuir
to abscond with sth [+ money] → disparaître avec qch, s'enfuir avec qch
to abscond from [+ prison, school] → s'enfuir de

abscond

vi → sich (heimlich) davonmachen, türmen (inf); (schoolboys also) → durchbrennen

abscond [əbˈskɒnd] vi → fuggire, scappare