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| ab·scond [ ab skónd, əb skónd ] (past and past participle ab·scond·ed, present participle ab·scond·ing, 3rd person present singular ab·sconds) |
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1. run away: to run away secretly, especially in order to avoid arrest or prosecution
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2. escape: to escape from a place of detention
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| [Mid-16th century. < Latin abscondere "hide or put away" < condere "stow"] |
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 ab·scond·er noun |
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