A person who flees or hides to escape from justice, obligations, or responsibilities.
From Latin 'abscondere' (to hide away), from 'ab-' (away) and 'condere' (to hide, put away). The agent noun '-er' turns the verb into 'one who absconds'—used especially in legal and criminal contexts.
Medieval Latin speakers created 'abscondere' by combining 'away' and 'hide'—and centuries later, English grabbed it to describe criminals fleeing the law!
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