abscond

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

But two reliably fine veterans all but abscond with the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

“I’m walking Maya to first period. Unless, of course, you want to abscond with her?”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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

If your investment manager absconds with your tokens, or a merchant fails to deliver what you bought with your bitcoin, you’re on your own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024

Eventually, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” escapes the Istanbul hotel room and absconds to London, where the story becomes choppier and even more episodic, but also more of a modern-day fairy tale.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 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

If the principal absconds from the State, the surety can have him followed and brought back without any warrant of arrest.

From The American Judiciary by Simeon E. Baldwin, LLD

He had reportedly absconded after Twisha's death and was arrested by police in Jabalpur on 22 May.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

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

Last year, North Koreans absconded with $1.5 billion from crypto exchange Bybit, the largest crypto heist ever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 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

He absconded from the Florida cane fields and made it to Tennessee before a tinker caught him stealing food from his pantry.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

In the 1940s, for example, he sets out to collect scrap iron for the war effort and ends up absconding with a private collection of military memorabilia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

The move had not been approved by the Home Office and Ahmadi had been marked as "absconding, self-departing" from the accommodation.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

A complaint has been filed against the factory owner and foreman, both of whom are absconding, police said, adding that four special teams have been set up to trace and arrest them.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

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