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absconder

[ab-skond]

ab·scond

[ab-skond]
verb (used without object)
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin abscondere to hide or stow away, equivalent to abs- abs- + condere to stow (con- con- + -dere to put; see do1)

ab·scond·er, noun


decamp, bolt.

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abscond (əbˈskɒnd)
 
vb
(intr) to run away secretly, esp from an open institution or to avoid prosecution or punishment
 
[C16: from Latin abscondere to hide, put away, from abs-ab-1 + condere to stow]
 
ab'sconder
 
n

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