Definition of absconds:
(v) :
(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
(v) :
(law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
(v) :
(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
(v) :
(transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
(v) :
(intransitive, of bee colonies) To abandon a hive.
(v) :
(obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away.