as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs
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Recent Examples of abscond
If not, someone could open a bank, take deposits and abscond to a tropical isle.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
Ignatova herself faces charges of wire and securities fraud and money laundering but has absconded.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Smith was wanted for absconding on his parole, and investigators had identified him as a person of interest in the homicides of Tonya Stallings, 54, and Ashley Stallings, 33, the release states.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2025
Thieves absconded with jewelry which belonged to French Empress Eugenie from the Louvre museum in Paris, France.
—FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
Ignatova herself faces charges of wire and securities fraud and money laundering but has absconded.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Smith was wanted for absconding on his parole, and investigators had identified him as a person of interest in the homicides of Tonya Stallings, 54, and Ashley Stallings, 33, the release states.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2025
Thieves absconded with jewelry which belonged to French Empress Eugenie from the Louvre museum in Paris, France.
—FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abscond
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Austin Abrams stars as a scuba diver who, while searching for his father’s (Josh Brolin) body, gets swallowed and must find a way to escape.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Set in 1977, during Brazil’s military dictatorship, the thriller details Armando and his son in their efforts to escape the country in the midst of political turmoil.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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No one was injured, and the suspects fled before deputies arrived.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Other offenses include fleeing from police, escaping from the Northeast Regional Corrections Center, theft, trespassing and giving police a false name.—
Tom Olsen,
Twin Cities,
14 Jan. 2026
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The new system could replace the Stinger missile, which can engage low-flying aircraft such as helicopters, jets during takeoff or landing, and some drones.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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With that possibility in mind, NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, agreed to fly one NASA astronaut aboard each Soyuz and one Russian cosmonaut aboard each Crew Dragon.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Abscond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abscond. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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