Verb: abscond ab'skónd or ub'skónd
- Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
"the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe";
- bolt, absquatulate [N. Amer], decamp, run off, go off, make off, make away
Derived forms: absconded, absconds, absconding
Type of: cut and run [informal], flee, fly, take flight
Encyclopedia: Abscond