abscond

Verb

Verb Forms: absconded, absconding, absconds

To leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape custody or arrest.
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
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
To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
To abandon a hive.
To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
To evade, to hide or flee from.
To conceal; to take away.

Examples

He played a simple word and seemed to abscond with the victory.
The captain absconded his responsibility.
The thieves absconded with our property.

Origin / Etymology

Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
* Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).

Synonyms

absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off, conceal, flee, jump bail, run away, steal away

Scrabble Score: 12

abscond: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
abscond: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
abscond: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

abscond: valid Words With Friends Word