| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| absent | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | away or not present |
| 2. | lacking; missing |
| 3. | inattentive; absent-minded |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to remove (oneself) or keep away |
| [C14: from Latin absent-, stem of absēns, present participle of abesse to be away] | |
| ab'senter | |
| —n | |