Levant (verb) (archaic)
le-vant
Run away, typically leaving unpaid debts.
Early 17th century: perhaps from Levant: compare with French faire voile en Levant ‘be stolen or spirited away’, literally ‘set sail for the Levant’.
Example sentences
“The trouble is they often fall behind on the rent and then levant.”
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