abscond
pronunciation
How to pronounce abscond in British English:
UK [əbˈskɒnd]
How to pronounce abscond in American English:
US [əbˈskɑnd]
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- Verb:
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Word Origin
- abscond (v.)
- 1560s, from Middle French abscondre and directly from Latin abscondere "to hide, conceal, put out of sight," from ab(s)- "away" (see ab-) + condere "put together, store," from com- "together" (see com-) + -dere "put," from PIE *dhe- "to put, place" (see factitious). The notion is of "to hide oneself," especially to escape debt or the law. Related: Absconded; absconder; absconding.
Example
- 1. Or , without buying his freedom , to abscond thither .
- 2. Yet because living on a public sex-offender registry is so wretched , many abscond .
- 3. Must they watch enviously while their flashy new colleagues from a failed us bank , no less abscond with several times their own remuneration packages ?
- 4. He did not abscond abroad .
- 5. Recently in henan kaifeng " sticky " , he 's been abscond , by local police internet hunting .