absconding
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Definitions
verb
- To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.“The thieves absconded with our property.”
- To withdraw from.
- To evade, to hide or flee from.“The captain absconded his responsibility.”
- To conceal; to take away.
noun
- An instance in which someone absconds.
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