Word of the Day for Thursday, October 18, 2007

abscond \ab-SKOND\, intransitive verb:

To depart secretly; to steal away and hide oneself -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid arrest or prosecution.

Comments

on Oct 18, 2007

When I was a child, I often absconded with my baby brother's chocolate milk bottle.

on Oct 18, 2007

As I get older, someone seems to be absconding my time!

on Oct 18, 2007

The suspect absconded with the evidence.

on Oct 18, 2007

I'm going to abscond from this article. *sneak away*

~Zoo

on Oct 18, 2007

(and the double post isn't helping)

on Oct 19, 2007

(and the double post isn't helping)

Don't ya hate when you try to make a graceful exit and then trip on the carpet? Heh.

Oh and it helped me....

on Oct 22, 2007

The absonding theives were caught after crashing into a culvert

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