Abscond (verb)
ab-skond
to depart in a sudden and secret manner.
The first records of the word abscond come from around the 1600s. Abscond comes from the Latin verb abscondere, meaning “to hide or stow away.”
Example sentences
“They already knew she was an abscond risk when they took her on”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
