0 past simple and past participle of abscond
1 to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere:
2 to go away suddenly and secretly because you have stolen something, usually money:
They absconded with £10,000 of the company's money.
The women were predominantly single: widows (63) and women whose husbands had absconded or were at sea (4).
The basis of the myth is that shepherds absconded to the diggings, forcing pastoralists to pay higher wages, and increase flock sizes to reduce costs.
First, those who absconded were alive and therefore can be considered with those who divorced.
Rather, documents described workers as fugitives (taowang) or as having stealthily absconded (qiantao).
He borrowed £2,000 from her, was declared bankrupt and then absconded.
Shepherds were not permitted to quit, and if they 'absconded', they became fugitives.
Consequently, it was custom to arrest a family member if possible, when a fugitive had absconded.
Not only were they to serve in the pursuit of those who had absconded but the police also became responsible for the replacement of civilian deserters.
