absconder
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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.
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abscond (əbˈskɒnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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'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 | |
| [C16: from Latin abscondere to hide, put away, from abs- | |
| ab'sconder | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
abscond
1560s, from L. abscondere "to hide, conceal," from ab(s)- "away" + condere "put together, store," from com- "together" + dere "put," from PIE *dhe- "to put, place, make" (see factitious). The notion is of "to hide oneself," especially to escape debt or the law.
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Example sentences
Its leading figure, a bank cashier, is an absconder-in-spite-of-himself.
Absconder refers to inmates on release status under supervision who fail to report.
The body of an absconder was found, half-eaten by wild animals, with sharpened sticks poking out of his eye sockets.
Absconder warrants shall be issued by the regional parole director or designee.
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