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absconding

verb

Meaning

  1. To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.
  2. To withdraw from.
  3. To evade, to hide or flee from.
  4. To conceal; to take away.
  5. To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
  6. An instance in which someone absconds.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

decamp(English)run off(English)absquatulate(English)go off(English)bolt(English)getaway(English)fugitive(English)escape(English)megatron(English)optimus(English)bail(English)scan(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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