English▸ verb [no object] leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest:
the barman absconded with a week's takings
176 detainees absconded.
▪ (of a person on bail) fail to surrender oneself for custody or trial at the appointed time:
charges of absconding while on bail.
▪ (of a colony of honeybees, especially Africanized ones) entirely abandon a hive or nest.
– ORIGIN mid 16th century (in the sense ‘hide, conceal oneself’): from Latin abscondere ‘hide’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + condere ‘stow’.