verb [V]
1 ~ (from sth) 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.
2 ~ (with sth) to leave secretly and take with you sth, especially money, that does not belong to you:
He absconded with the company funds.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for abscond is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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