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Absconding

To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.

📖 Definitions of "Absconding"

verb
  1. 1

    To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.

    "The thieves absconded with our property."

  2. 2

    To withdraw from.

  3. 3

    To evade, to hide or flee from.

    "The captain absconded his responsibility."

  4. 4

    To conceal; to take away.

noun
  1. 1

    An instance in which someone absconds.

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