ABSCOND, V.i. To "move In A Mysterious Way," Commonly With The Property Of Another.

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ABSCOND, v.i. To "move in a mysterious way," commonly with the
property of another.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond;
The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
Phela Orm
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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