absconder
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ab·scond
(ăb-skŏnd′)intr.v. ab·scond·ed, ab·scond·ing, ab·sconds
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
[Latin abscondere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + condere, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
ab·scond′er n.
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| Noun | 1. |  absconder - a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecutionalien absconder - a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported; "the government has categorized more than 320,000 foreigners as alien absconders" fugitive from justice, fugitive - someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice |
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absconder
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