abscond
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ab·scond /əbˈskɒnd, æb- $ æbˈskɑːnd/ verb [intransitive] formal 1 ESCAPEto escape from a place where you are being kept 逃走abscond from The boy absconded from a children’s home. 那个男孩从儿童收养所逃走了。► see thesaurus at escape2 LEAVE A PLACEto secretly leave somewhere, taking with you something that does not belong to you 〔带着不属于自己的东西〕潜逃abscond with He has to convince a judge that he wasn’t going to abscond with the money. 他必须说服法官自己并非要携款潜逃。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
abscond• Bedford had a clear memory of the day the news had struck that Schuyler had absconded.• Clarke surrounded the building, but the brothers had been forewarned and had absconded.• The other seven had in the meantime absconded.• They could stay if they so chose or they could abscond.• That incident led to the man absconding from the prison just weeks before his sentence was due to end.• Patients who absconded were always accepted back, whether their medical condition warranted it or not.• The boy admitted five charges of joyriding and absconding while on bail.• Scroggins and Payne, Messrs, debt collectors and employers of Captain Helves, who abscond with part of their funds.abscond with• Royson absconded with money belonging to 40 clients.Origin abscond (1500-1600) Latin abscondere, from abs- “away” + condere “to hide”ab·scond verbChineseSyllable
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abscond
ab‧scond /əbˈskɒnd, æb- $ æbˈskɑːnd/
verb [intransitive] formal
abscond from
The boy absconded from a children’s home.
2. to secretly leave somewhere, taking with you something that does not belong to you
abscond with
He has to convince a judge that he wasn’t going to abscond with the money.
▪ escape to leave a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you, or when there is a dangerous situation: The thief escaped through an upstairs window. | She managed to escape from her attacker and call the police.
▪get away to escape from someone who is chasing you, especially when there is no chance that you will be caught. Get away is more informal than escape: The robbers got away but left plenty of clues at the scene. | Don’t let him get away!
▪break free/break away to escape from someone who is holding you: She broke free and started running.
▪flee written to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger: Many people were forced to flee the country. | The two men fled before police arrived.
▪get out to escape from a building or room: I was locked in the room and couldn’t get out.
▪break out to escape from prison: The jail is so secure that no one has ever broken out of it.
▪abscond formal to escape from a prison or institution where you are supposed to stay: Three prisoners who absconded have still not been found. | He absconded from a psychiatric hospital.
ab‧scond /əbˈskɒnd, æb- $ æbˈskɑːnd/
verb [intransitive] formal Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: abscondere, from abs- 'away' + condere 'to hide'
1. to escape from a place where you are being keptLanguage: Latin
Origin: abscondere, from abs- 'away' + condere 'to hide'
abscond from
2. to secretly leave somewhere, taking with you something that does not belong to you
abscond with
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