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- Dictionaryab·scond/abˈskänd/
verb
- 1. leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft: "she absconded with the remaining thousand dollars"
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to go away suddenly and secretly because you have stolen something, usually money: abscond with They think they know who absconded with the funds from the bake sale. abscond with humorous Someone absconded with my pen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Abscondis a word most often used in formal writing for when someone is running and hiding from the law, often with cash or other ill-gotten gains. In legal circles it’s used specifically when someone flies like an eagle from a jurisdictionto evade the legal process, as in “absconded from parole.”.
After a person absconds, they usually go into hiding. In fact, the noun abscondence means hiding, especially to avoid the consequences of one’s wrongdoing. Sometimes, abscond means much the same thing as escape, especially when it’s used in the context of a prisoner absconding from a prison or jail.
to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere: abscond from She absconded from boarding school and hitchhiked to the city. Two prisoners absconded last night. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Running away and escaping. abscond from somewhere. abscond with someone/something. back away. back off. bail out.
Abscond is to escape, often taking something along. As a kid, you may have absconded from your lemonade stand — with the coffee can of cash in hand, and your bewildered sister still filling cups for your customers.
abscond. [intransitive] abscond (from something) to escape from a place that you are not allowed to leave without permission. [intransitive] abscond (with something) to leave secretly and take with you something, especially money, that does not belong to you. He absconded with the company funds.
1. verb. If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission. [formal] He was ordered to appear the following day, but absconded. [VERB] A dozen inmates have absconded from Forest Jail in the past year. [VERB + from] Synonyms: escape, flee, get away, bolt More Synonyms of abscond. 2. verb.
