abscond

  • 31abscond — /abskond/ To go in a clandestine manner out of the jurisdiction of the courts, or to lie concealed, in order to avoid their process. To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process. Postponing limitations …

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  • 32abscond — To withdraw clandestinely, to hide or conceal one s self, for the purpose of avoiding legal proceedings. McMorran v Moore, 115 Mich 101, 104 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 33abscond — v.intr. depart hurriedly and furtively, esp. unlawfully or to avoid arrest. Derivatives: absconder n. Etymology: L abscondere (as AB , condere stow) …

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  • 34abscond from — escape, leave, steal away …

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  • 35Do a Harold Holt — abscond …

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  • 36Absconded — Abscond Ab*scond , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Absconded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absconding}.] [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs + condere to lay up; con + d[a^]re (only in comp.) to put. Cf. {Do}.] 1. To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. [1913 Webster] The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37Absconding — Abscond Ab*scond , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Absconded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absconding}.] [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs + condere to lay up; con + d[a^]re (only in comp.) to put. Cf. {Do}.] 1. To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. [1913 Webster] The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38absconder — abscond ► VERB ▪ leave hurriedly and secretly to escape from custody or avoid arrest. DERIVATIVES absconder noun. ORIGIN Latin abscondere hide …

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  • 39escape — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Get away Nouns 1. escape, elopement, flight; evasion (see avoidance); retreat; narrow escape or squeak, hairbreadth escape; deliverance, liberation; redeployment; jailbreak, freedom. Informal, close call …

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  • 40elope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. run away, decamp, abscond. See marriage, escape. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. run away with, run off, escape with a lover, slip out, fly, flee, abscond, go secretly, skip out*, go to Gretna Green*. III… …

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