Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Hidden; secret; recondite.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of abscond.

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Examples

  • Or am I a racist for using a term absconded by the Messiah?

    Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories 2008

  • Toasts begin but the two boys, along with several friends, have absconded from the table.

    The Write Taste : The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz 2009

  • Toasts begin but the two boys, along with several friends, have absconded from the table.

    2009 October : The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz 2009

  • I was assured by his staff that he had not absconded from the aforementioned establishment but had “changed his image” because floppy hair did not fit well with the Credit Crunch.

    Lord Bonkers' Diary: Nick Clegg gets a haircut 2009

  • They had absconded from a childrens home and weren’t really missing at all.

    The Police Guide To Ruraltown « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • "absconded" - meaning that law enforcement authorities have lost track of them, despite a strict law intended to keep such offenders under close supervision and away from potential victims.

    ajc.com - News 2009

  • Uys 'department sought the order after the patients with the contagious and potentially lethal disease "absconded" from quarantine in the Brooklyn Chest Hospital on the Cape Flats.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • After an hour-long wait for Castro himself to arrive, the media were told that the Home Affairs employee meant to assist Mofokeng had "absconded".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Kwelita said one ghost was an employee who had resigned, another worker had passed away and another had "absconded".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • And a small team of Correctional Services officials is faced with the near impossible task of tracking down individuals who are deemed to have "absconded" from the system.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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