absconder

Example Sentences

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Acting Principal Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi said the defendant clearly knew that his daughter was an absconder and that the insurance policy met the legal definition of funds that belonged to her.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

“It’s crucial that recording is done properly,” he said, adding that sign-in failures by a known absconder needed to be logged and passed back to the probation officer.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

Later, he was declared an absconder after failing to return.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023

He failed to turn himself in after the challenge proved unsuccessful and was considered “an absconder illegally in this country,” a prosecutor wrote in a sentencing memo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023

If a child is "called after" some one living, let that one be past mid-life and of such temperament that there shall be no danger of his becoming an absconder and a cheat.

From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)