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Meanings of abscond in English

Portuguese
fugir

Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.

fugir
Usage of abscond in English
1
And then they would abscond from the company of the anguished man.
Black Deutschland
2
I'm not planning to abscond in the black of night, you know!
The distant hours
3
It's true that cases sometimes proceed when defendants misbehave in court or abscond.
The Guardian
4
Wait till we get to it; otherwise they'll abscond on foot.
Brain jack
5
I'm glad to see that you didn't abscond to Ireland, too.
The Demon Lover
6
These look-alikes are planning to murder me and abscond with my considerable fortune.
The Capgras Shift
7
Ganic was previously refused bail because of fears he might abscond.
Reuters
8
All that was possible was to abscond from it as much as possible.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
9
To abscond from the responsibility of the things she'd done and who she'd been.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
10
This was in harmony with her original suspicion, that he intended secretly to abscond.
Desperate Remedies
11
You could do a lot of damage if you abscond.
The godfather of kathmandu
12
Now it was necessary to provide a picked crew-menthe least likely to abscond.
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
13
They managed to abscond with some items of my own.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
14
His life was safe if either of these men could be persuaded to abscond.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
15
Why would he be here if he intended to abscond?
Honor thy father
16
The men also, upon making sure that Carroll was not intending to abscond, retreated.
The Debtor: A Novel
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Abscond through the time