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 is the first time the relatives of an "absconder" have been charged under the territory's security law, Reuters news agency said.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
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
Rare punishments—no lack of them—were promised in a breath to the unfortunate absconder who should chance to get caught.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
