absconder

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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

That, however, was not the case, for, as her companion had cunningly hinted, he was at least rich enough to bestow his favors on men like Winthrop, the absconder, and the pedler Thorne.

From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold