Abscond GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Abscond GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /æbˈskɒnd/ (verb) Definition to escape or run away secretly especially to avoid punishment or prosecution, flee, leave secretly, break out, run off, make a quick getaway, make off, decamp Example When prisoners abscond they are usually caught and sent back to prison, where they are likely to stay for longer than if they had not absconded in the first place. Despite this, 204 prisoners absconded from open prisons in England and Wales between April 2012 and March 2013. This is a fall from a peak figure of 1,301 absconds in the year 2003-04, but one that ...

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