ABSCONDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absconder mean? 

• ABSCONDER (noun)
  The noun ABSCONDER has 1 sense:

1. a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution

  Familiarity information: ABSCONDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSCONDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("absconder" is a kind of...):

fugitive; fugitive from justice (someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "absconder"):

alien absconder (a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported)

Derivation:

abscond (run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along)