All 3 Uses of
abscond
in
Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- ABSCONDING BANK CLERK DISAPPEARS WITH FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS' WORTH OF NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, I read.†
Chpt 2 *
- An absconding bank clerk, a mysterious suicide, a missing typist-which will you have?†
Chpt 2
- 'It's a curious coincidence,' I said, 'but that absconding clerk, Davis, was from the same bank as Simpson.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(abscond) to run away secretly (usually taking something you shouldn't)