(v. i.) To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
(v. t.) To hide; to conceal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Guzmán was sent to Altiplano high-security prison, 56 miles outside Mexico City, but in July 2015, he absconded again, squeezing through a hole in his shower floor then fleeing on a modified motorbike through a mile-long tunnel fitted with lights and a ventilation system.
(2) Eleanor Hawkins' father relieved after Malaysian court frees tourist Read more The judge, Dean Wayne Daly, said: “This court accepted the plea of guilty as mitigation.” He also noted the remorse of the tourists, and accepted that although Hawkins was arrested at an airport “there was nothing to show Eleanor was absconding the law”.
(3) It says the very nature of the orders carries an inherent risk that the terror suspect will abscond, but that such incidents should not be allowed to undermine the principle that such restrictions should be individually tailored to each suspect.
(4) During prime minister’s questions, Cameron said: “We’re making progress, the buck does stop with me, but I wouldn’t mind a bit of cross-party support for the actions we need to take.” The NAO report, released Monday, revealed that one in six foreign offenders living in the community had absconded.
(5) I felt so alone.” But if Marina left, under the UAE’s kafala system, she would become an absconding worker.
(6) Mazzaro has been on the run for three months and the San Lorenzo captain is suspected of keeping in touch with him throughout that time and helping him abscond.
(7) "While the relocation power was used in control orders nobody absconded and the courts consistently upheld them as proportionate and lawful.
(8) It was triggered by a man who absconded from quarantine in Freetown, in order to visit his mother at the end of Ramadan.
(9) Polanski absconded before the sentencing, however, and has lived in France ever since.
(10) In the aftermath of his disappearance, speculation was rife that Xiros, the son of a fundamentalist Orthodox priest, had decided to abscond because he had fallen in love with a woman he met on a previous release from prison.
(11) The Guardian comments that people will be re-detained because of the risk of absconding.
(12) Judge Alistair McCreath said: "When a defendant makes a considered decision to abscond as you did he or she has shown a contemptuous disregard for that important obligation and that in itself matters."
(13) In the course of treatment three absconded and one died from acute pneumonia with respiratory and heart failure.
(14) The judge had concluded that because of the "serious" nature of the allegations against Assange, his "comparatively weak community ties" in the UK, and the fact it was believed he had the financial means and the ability to abscond, there was a substantial risk he would fail to surrender to the courts.
(15) It is they, overwhelmingly, who absconded to the yes camp; their elders who remained firmly no.
(16) Technically, if they absconded [without] the proper process of authorisation in leaving the States, does the US recognise that they’re here?
(17) Despite the implicit concession, the immigration minister continued to contend it was Labor’s fault for depriving the customs system of resources, and for not adjusting the security screening settings – even though Sharrouf absconded in December 2013, when the Coalition was in government.
(18) The judge, Howard Riddle, said Rancadore should be allowed to return home on police bail on the condition that he lives and sleeps at his address in Uxbridge, reports to the local police station twice daily, wears an electronic tag and puts up £50,000 security in case he absconds.
(19) "The home secretary also needs to provide information about the decisions made over Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed's Tpim [terrorism prevention and investigation measures order], how he was able to abscond and what the risks to the public are."
(20) The number of children absconding from a Salvation Army home for boys in Queensland reached unprecedented levels at a time a child prostitution ring was believed to be operating in the area, an inquiry into child sexual abuse has been told.
Levant
Definition:
(a.) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
(n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
(n.) A levanter (the wind so called).
(a.) Eastern.
(v. i.) To run away from one's debts; to decamp.
Example Sentences:
(1) "There is a huge media campaign to distort the real image of the Iraqi revolution, by claiming that it is led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS)," Salim tells Mona: ...but the truth is that all the Iraqi resistance factions have taken part in the revolution including Islamic factions.
(2) President Obama announced on Friday that in the "days ahead" he will decide on a package of military and diplomatic options to halt the rapid advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) , as the jihadist army's march from Syria through Sunni Iraq has upended Obama's achievement of extricating the US military from the Iraq conflict.
(3) The troops, drawn from US special operations forces, will assist the Iraqi military to develop and execute a counter-offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis).
(4) Searches of their homes revealed images of Islamic propaganda on both of their computers, including images of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) flags and martyr literature.
(5) Western officials fear JFS will not only dominate the jihadi landscape in the Levant following the defeat of Isis, but may also provide a springboard for al-Qaida to launch strikes into Europe, should the group change its current strategy.
(6) With a better head-to-head record against Madrid, Atlético can now clinch the domestic crown by winning two of their remaining three games at Levante, at home against Málaga, and then at Barcelona on the last day of the season, 18 May.
(7) "In reality, the invasion and occupation of Iraq had been a disaster long before the recent gains made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis).
(8) Supporters of the Islamic State (Isis), previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, dismissed the story as propaganda based on a fake document – though residents of Mosul, as well as Kurdish officials, insisted it was true.
(9) "Isil members managed to kidnap the Turkish consul and 24 of his guards and assistants," a police colonel told AFP, referring to the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Isis .
(10) The players know each other, they’re two teams with a special rivalry but that rivalry has to remain positive.” But Diop, who launched into a dance routine in May 2014 when playing for Levante in response to racist chanting from Atlético Madrid fans, insisted Suárez should have been sent off as well.
(11) Shiraz Maher, a senior fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, which monitors overseas fighters, said the two had been members of the extremist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant which has been involved with clashes with the al-Nusra Front.
(12) Navas joined Madrid in a £7m move from Levante last year and is regarded as a fine shot-stopper but vulnerable to crosses and, at 6ft, shorter than most of the goalkeepers in the Premier League.
(13) Analysts say JAN now appears to be in competition with the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," which controls parts of northern Syria.
(14) Results: [Celta 1 - 3 Atlético], [Real Madrid 6 - 2 Málaga], Getafe 0-1 Valencia, Granada 3-0 Osasuna, Sevilla 1-2 Real Sociedad, Levante 2-3 Rayo, Deportivo 2-0 Espanyol, Zaragoza 1-2 Athletic, Barcelona 2-1 Valladolid, Mallorca v Betis tonight Latest La Liga table .
(15) Khan, with school friend Nasser Muthana and a third man named as Abdul Raqib Amin, from Aberdeen, appear in a recruitment video for the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis).
(16) As it stands, Atletico are still top despite their defeat at Levante last week after they were let off the hook by Barcelona and Real Madrid, who also dropped points last week.
(17) But while his team-mates were largely scattered around the top flight, he was exiled to Levante.
(18) There was fighting with militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant along the road to Latakia, the Syrians said, and it was too dangerous to travel.
(19) The 25-year-old was an unused substitute in Saturday’s Primera Division win over Levante on his return from international duty, while reports in Spain said he also sat out training on Monday.
(20) Marcelo fired Real ahead in the 27th minute at the Bernabéu when he exchanged passes with Ronaldo and blasted the ball past Rubén in the Levante goal.