abscond
verb /əbˈskɒnd/
/əbˈskɑːnd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they abscond | /əbˈskɒnd/ /əbˈskɑːnd/ |
| he / she / it absconds | /əbˈskɒndz/ /əbˈskɑːndz/ |
| past simple absconded | /əbˈskɒndɪd/ /əbˈskɑːndɪd/ |
| past participle absconded | /əbˈskɒndɪd/ /əbˈskɑːndɪd/ |
| -ing form absconding | /əbˈskɒndɪŋ/ /əbˈskɑːndɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] abscond (from something) to escape from a place that you are not allowed to leave without permission
- She absconded from every children’s home they placed her in.
- [intransitive] abscond (with something) to leave secretly and take with you something, especially money, that does not belong to you
- He absconded with the company funds.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘hide, conceal oneself’): from Latin abscondere ‘hide’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + condere ‘stow’.