Crossword clues for absconding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abscond \Ab*scond"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Absconded; p. pr. & vb. n. Absconding.] [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs + condere to lay up; con + d[a^]re (only in comp.) to put. Cf. Do.]
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To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
The marmot absconds all winter.
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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
That very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
n. An instance in which someone absconds. vb. (present participle of abscond English)
Wikipedia
Absconding may refer to:
- Escaping from incarceration or bail
- A form of swarming (honey bee)
Usage examples of "absconding".
They say that his colonial conviction and present sentence to this godforsaken island was for bushranging, after absconding from his assigned place of work.
Not that many do, and none of them have been absconding convicts, up to now.
So I told him all about it, about my purse being returned to me and about Sean Metcalfe absconding and how I was certain almost that it was him.
The police have arrested one assailant while two other accused are absconding on a scooter in a rash manner.
In addition to absconding with twenty-five thousand dollars and giving Milton false hopes of my return, Father Mike was abandoning his own family.