absconding
Leaving without notice
Absconding is the act of leaving hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape custody or avoid legal consequences.
The term appears most often in legal and institutional contexts: a prisoner absconding from custody, a debtor absconding with funds, a parent absconding with a child in violation of custody orders.
The suspect was charged after absconding while on bail.
One fleeing authorities
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- escapeFlight from captivity
- runawayOne who flees
- evasionAct of escaping detection
bolt · flight · departure · defection · exodus · expatriation · exfiltration · decamp
Formal authorization document
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- InterpolGlobal police cooperation organization
bounty · charges · indictment · prosecution · arrest · surrender · capture · apprehension
Intentionally concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- stealthySecretly cautious in movement
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- secretiveInclined to conceal
undetected · furtive · sneaking · discreet · incognito · unnoticed · skulking · eluding
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- defalcationMisappropriation of entrusted funds
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- swindlingFraudulent taking of money
peculation · looted · pilfered · defaulting
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
evasion · bolt · flight · departure · defection · exodus · expatriation · exfiltration · decamp · desertion
warrant
Formal authorization document
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
Interpol · bounty · charges · indictment · prosecution · arrest · surrender · capture · apprehension · contempt
covert
Intentionally concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- stealthySecretly cautious in movement
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
secretive · undetected · furtive · sneaking · discreet · incognito · unnoticed · skulking · eluding · dodging
embezzlement
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- defalcationMisappropriation of entrusted funds
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
swindling · peculation · looted · pilfered · defaulting
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- prison escapesjailbreak, breakout, escapee, tunneling, disguise
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
- beekeepingbeekeeping, apiculture, beehive, hive, apiary
- embezzlementpeculation, defalcation, misuse of funds, misappropriation, siphoning
abscondingstaying
Continuing in place
remaining · abiding · stopping · staying put · enduring
abscondingsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
submitting · confessing · complying · cooperating · yielding
abscondingarriving
Reaching a destination
returning · coming back · appearing · showing up · emerging