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Meanings of truancy in English

Portuguese
absentismo
Spanish
rabona
Catalan
absentisme escolar
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Unexcused absence from school.

absentismo
Usage of truancy in English
1
The police in Waikato have launched a new initiative to combat truancy.
Radio NZ
2
Andrew McRae explores what's being done to combat the problem of truancy.
Radio NZ
3
Inferno's owner Lee Quince rejected criticism that the offer was encouraging truancy.
BBC
4
In the rest of the country, the Garda has responsibility for truancy.
The Irish Times
5
Surely they do not need to send the truancy officer round here.
The eyes of a king
6
The punishment for complete truancy was little worse than for being late.
Openings in the Old Trail
7
The predecessor school, he wrote, was riddled with indiscipline, bullying and truancy.
The Guardian
8
Soon after breakfast, Mr. Brown again appeared, very indignant over Duke's truancy.
A Little Florida Lady
9
On an average school day the truancy rates are over 20 per cent.
The Irish Times
10
Those can include driving under a suspended license and truancy, the station said.
Ebony
11
The thought of my truancy was no balm to my conscience just then.
The House of a Thousand Candles
12
Supporters say it gives them discipline, cuts truancy and boosts self-esteem.
Reuters
13
Teacher retention was a challenge, he said, and student truancy had reached alarming levels.
Radio NZ
14
Even at primary level, there is a high level of truancy in poorer areas.
The Irish Times
15
It targets educational needs and truancy in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown area of Co Dublin.
The Irish Times
16
First it comes out he'd been booted off the Iraq Study Group for truancy.
NY Magazine
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