ABSCOND (WITH) Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

abscond (with)

verb

Definition of abscond (with)

as in to spirit

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At the film’s end, the elder generation spirit the girls up to the roof.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
It’s made from Guatemalan molasses, double distilled on a pot still and spirit still, and then proofed down over the course of two months.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of spirit

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Faria was down a break and scrambling to survive, having snatched the opening set by getting past Alcaraz’s defenses.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Antiques Roadshow, which has been airing on PBS since 1997, won its first ever Emmy in 24 attempts and snatched the award away from Queer Eye and Shark Tank for the first time since 2013.

— Peter White, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of snatch

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But Havertz’s clever dummy for Odegaard’s goal was a reminder that assists and chances cannot capture every flash of creative brilliance.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Four years on, the two-hander captures the real-life bureaucratic chaos and legal limbo that have followed.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of capture

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But the truth of it is that Sharaa forced his hand by seizing swathes of the SDF’s territory in a lightning offensive in January.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
Who knows more of the injustice of the world than the girl who saw her town seized by a white-supremacist coup, the Wilmington massacre, in 1898?

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

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