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ABSCOND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Example:

the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

Synonyms:

abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "abscond" is one way to...):

flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abscond"):

levant (run off without paying a debt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

absconder (a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution)

abscondment (the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest))

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