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abscond

[ab-skond] / æbˈskɒnd /


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After Tim and Virginia have a confrontation with the ministorage security, they abscond to Oklahoma, where Virginia has plans for a big score.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

It’s a far cry from the sleek criminals of streaming series, who seldom budge from their computers and abscond with millions and billions thanks to a few clicks.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 19, 2025

GPS devices are generally seen by probation officials, prosecutors and judges as reducing the risk that a defendant will abscond or commit a new crime.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2024

No 10 said it was "not accurate" to say the Home Office was unable to locate the others, but a government source admitted it was possible some could abscond before they were detained.

From BBC May 1, 2024

A first-rate Russian might easily abscond to the more affluent West.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

She said the rate of absconds was "coming down substantially", with 57 cases in the year ending March 2025 compared to 143 in the year ending March 2020.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2026

Eve absconds and takes one of her husband’s favorite possessions, a small Renoir painting.

From Washington Post Apr. 9, 2023

As excellent as Alikhan’s staging has been throughout, Majok absconds without having to commit herself.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

Rather than discarding the series’ dated gender dynamics, Odyssey at first appears to speed-run right into them: Bowser, Mario’s Godzilla-like nemesis for more than 30 years, absconds with Princess Peach in order to marry her.

From Slate Oct. 26, 2017

The priest then absconds with her, and the husband suspects nothing.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell

Crypto firms are racing to backstop the industry’s biggest decentralized lender after North Korea-linked hackers absconded with $190 million from the platform.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

Those who have absconded include goalkeeper Kubrom Solomon and veteran winger Medhanie Redie.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2026

The Metropolitan Police said officers believed Boakye, 21, was smuggled out of the UK in a lorry after he absconded while in police custody on 15 February.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

“If this data has been absconded or downloaded, you could perpetuate fraud against every single government system in existence much more easily than at any time in our history.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 4, 2026

The nostalgia is the stronger and the more ambiguous because he is really ‘in quest of his own absconded self yet scared to find it’.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

But was it an egregious, personal error, akin to Totenberg stealing into Alito’s hotel room and absconding with an internal organ, as it has been widely treated?

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

With Samarth still absconding, Twisha's family making grave allegations against the Singhs and the former judge giving interviews about the deceased's alleged mental health issues, there has been relentless media coverage of the case.

From BBC May 21, 2026

Mohammed started absconding, and even went on the demos himself.

From BBC May 7, 2025

Wright suggested that defense attorneys wanted him free “likely to facilitate his absconding from the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2024

In addition to absconding with twenty-five thousand dollars and giving Milton false hopes of my return, Father Mike was abandoning his own family.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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