abscond

ab·scond

A0025300 (ăb-skŏnd′)intr.v. ab·scond·ed, ab·scond·ing, ab·sconds To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.

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[Latin abscondere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-¹ + condere, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab·scond′er n.

abscond

(əbˈskɒnd) vb (intr) to run away secretly, esp from an open institution or to avoid prosecution or punishment[C16: from Latin abscondere to hide, put away, from abs- ab-¹ + condere to stow] abˈsconder n

ab•scond

(æbˈskɒnd)

v.i. -scond•ed, -scond•ing. to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid legal prosecution. [1605–15; < Latin abscondere to hide or stow away =abs- abs- + condere to stow] ab•scond′ence, n. ab•scond′er, n.

abscond

Past participle: absconded
Gerund: absconding

Imperative
abscond
abscond

Present
I abscond
you abscond
he/she/it absconds
we abscond
you abscond
they abscond

Preterite
I absconded
you absconded
he/she/it absconded
we absconded
you absconded
they absconded

Present Continuous
I am absconding
you are absconding
he/she/it is absconding
we are absconding
you are absconding
they are absconding

Present Perfect
I have absconded
you have absconded
he/she/it has absconded
we have absconded
you have absconded
they have absconded

Past Continuous
I was absconding
you were absconding
he/she/it was absconding
we were absconding
you were absconding
they were absconding

Past Perfect
I had absconded
you had absconded
he/she/it had absconded
we had absconded
you had absconded
they had absconded

Future
I will abscond
you will abscond
he/she/it will abscond
we will abscond
you will abscond
they will abscond

Future Perfect
I will have absconded
you will have absconded
he/she/it will have absconded
we will have absconded
you will have absconded
they will have absconded

Future Continuous
I will be absconding
you will be absconding
he/she/it will be absconding
we will be absconding
you will be absconding
they will be absconding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been absconding
you have been absconding
he/she/it has been absconding
we have been absconding
you have been absconding
they have been absconding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been absconding
you will have been absconding
he/she/it will have been absconding
we will have been absconding
you will have been absconding
they will have been absconding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been absconding
you had been absconding
he/she/it had been absconding
we had been absconding
you had been absconding
they had been absconding

Conditional
I would abscond
you would abscond
he/she/it would abscond
we would abscond
you would abscond
they would abscond

Past Conditional
I would have absconded
you would have absconded
he/she/it would have absconded
we would have absconded
you would have absconded
they would have absconded

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

abscond - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp, boltlevant - run off without paying a debtflee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

abscond

verb escape, flee, get away, bolt, fly, disappear, skip, run off, slip away, clear out, flit (informal), make off, break free or out, decamp, hook it (slang), do a runner (slang), steal away, sneak away, do a bunk (Brit. slang), fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. informal), skedaddle (informal), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. slang), go on the lam (U.S. & Canad. slang), make your getaway, make or effect your escape A dozen inmates have absconded from the jail in the past year.Quotations
"abscond: to `move in a mysterious way', commonly with the property of another" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

abscond

verbTo break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation:break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, run away.Informal: skip (out).Slang: lam.Regional: absquatulate.Idioms: blow the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam.

Translations

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