abscond

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The Word of the Day for March 12 is:

abscond   \ab-SKAHND\   verb
     : to depart secretly and hide oneself

Example sentence:
     Detectives arrived at the suspect's apartment only to learn that he had 
cleared out his bank account and absconded to Mexico.

Did you know?
     First appearing in English in the 16th century, "abscond" derives from the 
Latin "abscondere," meaning "to hide away," a product of the prefix "ab-" and 
"condere," a verb meaning "to conceal." ("Condere" is also the root for 
"recondite," a word meaning "concealed" as well as "hard to understand" or 
"obscure.") In general usage, "abscond" refers to any act of running away and 
hiding (usually from the law and often with funds), but, in legal circles, the 
word is used specifically when someone who has already become the focus of a 
legal proceeding hides or takes off in order to evade the legal process (as in 
"absconded from parole").





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