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Verb: abscond  ab'skónd or ub'skónd
  1. 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

See also: travel

Type of: cut and run [informal], flee, fly, take flight

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