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The word of the day is ‘abscond’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is absconded.
It means:
1. Run away
2. Depart secretly.
3. Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest.
4. Escape.
1. Those likely to abscond, or belonging to other Cantons, are not accepted.
2. The barman absconded with a week’s takings.
3. In November 1876, Trinquet and some of his comrades managed to abscond in a steamboat.
4. And he could not abscond with the balance, because that would mean the loss of Margaret.
5. He is just the man to abscond with all the money and leave us in the lurch, the scoundrel!
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, fade, flee, hightail, jump, leave, quit, scram, skedaddle, slip, split, vamoose, vanish, beat it, clear out, cut and run, dog it, duck out, fly the coop, make a break, make off, run off, skip out, sneak away, take off, run away, take flight, make a quick getaway, beat a hasty retreat, steal away, do a bunk, head for the hills, go on the lam etc.
appear, arrive, come, continue, join, remain, stay, wait, abide, endure
Quotation:
When I served in the Army, along the Iron Curtain we had a word for a person who absconds with information and provides it to another nation: traitor. We also had a name for a person who chooses to reveal secrets he had personally promised to protect: common criminal.
Mike Pompeo
Social Example:
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