[ab-skond] 
| to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money. |
| ab·scond (āb-skŏnd') 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 dhē- in Indo-European roots.] ab·scond'er n. |
