Thesaurus / abscond
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Girls Night Out is a three-volume series that follows the adventures of a woman with dementia and her friends, who abscond from a nursing home.
KAPOW!LEIGH BUCHANANJUNE 29, 2022MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWSomebody had been out in front of my house at nighttime, propped my car up and absconded with my catalytic converter.
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS HAVE SURGED DURING THE PANDEMIC. POLICE ARE FIGHTING BACK.DONOVAN THOMASOCTOBER 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSehon eventually reappeared, possibly after absconding to Tijuana.
POLITICS REPORT: THE ELECTION AFTER THE ELECTION IS UNDERWAYANDREW KEATTS AND SCOTT LEWISOCTOBER 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThat was then required, and no one could really think I would abscond and leave my old guardian in the lurch.
MILES WALLINGFORDJAMES FENIMORE COOPERHe had settled with Houseman that he would abscond that very night, not wait for the next, as at first he had intended.
EUGENE ARAM, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTONYea, they make a solemn oath to each other not to abscond or conceal the least thing they find amongst the prey.
THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURYCLARENCE HENRY HARINGMexicans also appreciate the pithaya, and servants frequently abscond at that time, in order to get the fruit.
UNKNOWN MEXICO, VOLUME 1 (OF 2)CARL LUMHOLTZCould the coolie possibly abscond with a bag of mail under the very eyes of an officer?
THE PACIFIC TRIANGLESYDNEY GREENBIEThey are turned out among the gang, without special permanent restraint, and abscond again.
THE HISTORY OF TASMANIA , VOLUME II (OF 2)JOHN WESTI wondered what upon earth had become of him, but felt certain he was too true a friend to abscond with my half of the shirt.
TWENTY YEARS OF HUS'LINGJ. P. JOHNSTONWORDS RELATED TO ABSCOND
- abscond
- appropriate
- bereave
- break into
- burglarize
- burgle
- cheat
- con
- cop
- defalcate
- defraud
- despoil
- disinherit
- dispossess
- divest
- do out of
- embezzle
- filch
- heist
- hijack
- hold up
- hustle
- liberate
- lift
- loot
- lose
- mug
- oust
- peculate
- pilfer
- pillage
- pinch
- plunder
- promote
- purloin
- raid
- ransack
- relieve
- requisition
- rifle
- rip off
- roll
- sack
- scrounge
- snitch
- stick up
- strip
- strong-arm
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- thieve
- withhold
- abscond
- amble
- barrel
- beat it
- bolt
- bound
- bustle
- canter
- career
- clear out
- course
- cut and run
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- depart
- dog it
- escape
- flee
- flit
- fly
- gallop
- go like lightning
- hasten
- hie
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hustle
- jog
- leg it
- light out
- lope
- make a break
- make off
- make tracks
- pace
- race
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scorch
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- shag
- shoot
- skedaddle
- skip
- skitter
- smoke
- speed
- spring
- sprint
- spurt
- take flight
- take off
- tear
- tear out
- travel
- trot
- whisk
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