Synonyms of absconded

absconded

verb

past tense of abscond

as in escaped

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escaped
• fled
• flew
• left
• moved
• got out
• lost
• broke out (of)
• ran away
• cleared out
• ran off
• avoided
• broke free
• evaded
• went
• departed
• exited
• lammed
• eluded
• shunned
• decamped
• eloped
• rescued
• liberated
• pulled out
• extricated
• quit
• walked out
• freed
• released
• disentangled
• emancipated
• sprang
• sallied (forth)
• took off
• shoved (off)
• redeemed
• loosened
• enfranchised
• loosed
• brought off
• unbound
• manumitted
• unfettered
• unchained
• uncaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remained
• stayed
• lingered
• returned
• hung around
• dwelled
• tarried
• came back
• stuck around
• abided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of absconded

The duo absconded with eight pieces of jewelry—including tiaras, a brooch, necklaces, and earrings—collectively valued at more than €88 million. — Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 14 July 2026

Daemon, set to execute Orwyle since Aegon has absconded (and is off on a fun adventure with Larys), decides to spare the High Maester, who offers him Jasper Wylde instead. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Court records show that Rostas, who was in immigration removal proceedings in New York and placed into the Alternative to Detention program, absconded from the program in March 2023. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026

Vandals stole the control stick out of an R train in December while it was parked underground in southern Brooklyn, a month after an unknown thief absconded with two-way radios from a specialized work train parked in the Coney Island Yard. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026

Guthrie and her siblings recorded videos, pleading for news, for help, for a merciful change of heart from whoever had absconded with their mom. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026

Three months later, another seven players from the senior national team absconded in the same country. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026

The Natives absconded with some cattle, as well as with a young widow named Camila. — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026

Mercury was already known to police as a troubled youth who’d frequently absconded from home and detention centers. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026