abscond
verb
[ əbˈskɒnd ]
• leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest.
• "the barman absconded with a week's takings"
Similar:
run away,
escape,
bolt,
clear out,
flee,
make off,
take flight,
take off,
fly,
decamp,
make a break for it,
take to one's heels,
make a quick getaway,
beat a hasty retreat,
show a clean pair of heels,
run for it,
make a run for it,
disappear,
vanish,
slip away,
steal away,
sneak away,
do a bunk,
do a moonlight flit,
cut and run,
skedaddle,
skip,
do a runner,
head for the hills,
fly the coop,
take French leave,
vamoose,
scarper,
take a powder,
go on the lam,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘hide, conceal oneself’): from Latin abscondere ‘hide’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + condere ‘stow’.
