Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hidden; secret; recondite.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
abscond .
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Examples
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Or am I a racist for using a term absconded by the Messiah?
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Toasts begin but the two boys, along with several friends, have absconded from the table.
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Toasts begin but the two boys, along with several friends, have absconded from the table.
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I was assured by his staff that he had not absconded from the aforementioned establishment but had “changed his image” because floppy hair did not fit well with the Credit Crunch.
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They had absconded from a childrens home and weren’t really missing at all.
The Police Guide To Ruraltown « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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"absconded" - meaning that law enforcement authorities have lost track of them, despite a strict law intended to keep such offenders under close supervision and away from potential victims.
ajc.com - News 2009
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Uys 'department sought the order after the patients with the contagious and potentially lethal disease "absconded" from quarantine in the Brooklyn Chest Hospital on the Cape Flats.
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After an hour-long wait for Castro himself to arrive, the media were told that the Home Affairs employee meant to assist Mofokeng had "absconded".
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Kwelita said one ghost was an employee who had resigned, another worker had passed away and another had "absconded".
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And a small team of Correctional Services officials is faced with the near impossible task of tracking down individuals who are deemed to have "absconded" from the system.
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