abscond Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
make off; absquatulate; decamp; bolt; go off; run off.
- The thief made off with our silver
- the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs + condere to lay up; con + dare (only in comp.) to put. Cf. Do.

imperfect & past participle Absconded; present participle & verbal noun Absconding

To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.
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.