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absconding

/ab-skond/US // æbˈskɒnd //UK // (əbˈskɒnd) //

潜逃,潜逃的,潜逃中,逃亡

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrun away, depart secretly
Forms: absconded

Examples

  • Aided by some divine meddling, Paris performs the consummate indignity against his host Menelaus by absconding with his wife.

  • Absconding has been punished with various degrees of severity.

  • She had added to her own difficulties by this present absconding, and, with severe self-blame, resolved to descend to tea.

  • Camilla could now stay no longer; nor could Edgar, though adoring the hearty joy of Sir Hugh, refuse to aid her in absconding.

  • He asked her if she would let him have a bite of bread if she had it, that he was a poor hungry absconding slave.

  • The most serious charge is that of receiving a bribe from Harpalus, the absconding treasurer of Alexander.