ABSCONDED (WITH) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

absconded (with)

verb

past tense of abscond (with)

as in snatched

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Once the vehicle is loaded on it, the slave deck can easily be snatched with a front-end loader sporting long forks.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026
Little buried the 57-yard field goal as the Jaguars snatched victory from the jaws (or, in this case, claws) of defeat.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of snatched

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Mitchell Fairbarn was captured on surveillance video carrying the 27-year-old Chilean flamingo, Peachy, to his room after removing the bird from its enclosure at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in March.

— Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Pace said the majority of the incident, if not all, was captured on surveillance video.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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The latest conflict between the Saudis and the Houthis began last month after the rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical waterway for oil shipments.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Another Renoir, a Cézanne and a Matisse were taken from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma, Italy, in March (and also later recovered), while four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina were seized from a Sicilian museum in August.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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While so many aspects of the Heat’s new-look roster impressed this preseason, Thompson struggled to make shots in his first preseason with Miami.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Koelsch and company were impressed enough to offer Hindoyan a five-year contract.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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The Omani Flydubai co-pilot who hijacked a passenger plane last week planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel, UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi said on Friday.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Season 2’s trailer shows hitwoman Julie reluctantly teaming up with Edward once again, when his dream honeymoon with Kayla (Shalom Brune-Franklin) is hijacked and his new wife taken hostage.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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