Explore Abscond through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like bolt or decamp. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Abscond meaning
- To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
- To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
Abscond vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Abscond
- The main meaning on this page is: To flee, often secretly; to steal away. | To flee, often secretly; to steal away. | To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
- Useful related words include: bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off.
- Possible Dutch translations are: zijn biezen pakken, wegrennen.
- In the example corpus, abscond often appears in combinations such as: to abscond, not abscond, would abscond.
Context around Abscond
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abscond
- In this selection, "abscond" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may and whenever stand out and add context to how "abscond" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to abscond and applicants may abscond to avoid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abscond" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abscond
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The army can just abscond from the back door leaving you to the mercy of the insurgents. (17 words)
In response, Stidham said in a sworn statement that he had no plans to abscond with the company's money. (20 words)
Julie, the mother of the man Battams attacked in 2011, said it was "unbelievable" that he had been able to abscond. (21 words)
Making his first appearance before magistrate Michelle Kubersky, Lourenco was informed through an interpreter that the state strongly opposes his release on bail on grounds he may abscond to his native country and not stand trial. (36 words)
According to the court there is fear he might abscond and interfere with state witnesses, and it would not be in the best interest of the public or the administration of justice. (32 words)
The State argued that given the nature and seriousness of these alleged offences, and the impending 240 charges, there is a great likelihood that the Applicants may abscond to avoid prosecution. (31 words)
Example sentences (14)
Chirwa, in her apology, detailed sacrifices she had made for her political work because she believed she did not abscond without substantial reasons.
He also noted that the singer collected their passports so that they would not abscond whenever they traveled out of the country.
However, Sgt Murphy said Gardaí fear the pair would abscond if granted bail, or present a risk to the second gunman, who remains at large.
Julie, the mother of the man Battams attacked in 2011, said it was "unbelievable" that he had been able to abscond.
The State argued that given the nature and seriousness of these alleged offences, and the impending 240 charges, there is a great likelihood that the Applicants may abscond to avoid prosecution.
High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi dismissed Mutenda's bail application on grounds that he was likely to abscond and that he was facing serious charges.
Trogler says law enforcement fail people like her and others by not keeping track of offenders who don't register and abscond.
According to the court there is fear he might abscond and interfere with state witnesses, and it would not be in the best interest of the public or the administration of justice.
One of his latter efforts saw him abscond with the Book of Destiny, which he used to jump between surviving universes to kill every version of Superman he could find.
In response, Stidham said in a sworn statement that he had no plans to abscond with the company's money.
Making his first appearance before magistrate Michelle Kubersky, Lourenco was informed through an interpreter that the state strongly opposes his release on bail on grounds he may abscond to his native country and not stand trial.
The army can just abscond from the back door leaving you to the mercy of the insurgents.
The police had summoned all of them on the pretext of collecting their handwriting specimen as it was feared that the officials might abscond later.
This story was investigated and it was found out not to be correct, there is no reason whatsoever that Police personnel deployed for the operations in the North East would abscond.
Common combinations with abscond
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to abscond 3×
- not abscond 2×
- would abscond 2×
- may abscond 2×
- abscond to 2×
- abscond and 2×
- and abscond 2×
- might abscond 2×
- abscond with 2×