ABSCOND

abscond

Verb

  1. To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
  2. To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution. <ref name=SOED/>
  3. To withdraw from.
  4. To conceal; to take away. <ref name=SOED/>
  1. To evade, to hide or flee from.
    The captain absconded his responsibility


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