Is more likely to "abscond" - the entire colony leaves the hive and relocates - in response to repeated intrusions by the beekeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Companies loot the environment and abscond with surplus value. From Wordnik.com. [Bloomberg, Paterson, and Obama "Cut, Cut, Cut"] Reference
Will he totally abscond and never face justice on these charges?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2008] Reference
If anyone wants to help me abscond with it afterwards, let me know. From Wordnik.com. [November 28, 2007] Reference
Really, it was doubtful Martin would abscond this early in the game. From Wordnik.com. [Gage Butler's Reckoning]
'And you think that we should abscond over the walls at night before we do?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
"Would you classify your decision to abscond with your daughter as impulsive?". From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
If she was allowed to abscond she would not be available to refute their claims. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They say that were he to be released, there is a possibility that he might abscond. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2002] Reference
All she did was drink tea with some Irish women, and then abscond with their teapot. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Response Ad: We Need "President We Can Trust"] Reference
Unfortunately, however, in today's world it is all too easy to abscond with children. From Wordnik.com. [Katherine Gustafson: Retail Takes on Slavery: The Body Shop Fights Child Sex Trafficking] Reference
But sometimes the more enterprising of them would abscond and settle down in a village. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He did not believe that any of them would abscond or commit crimes if released on bail. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
On some level they thought a fellow millionaire was less likely to abscond with the funds. From Wordnik.com. [Act of Treason]
And yes, perhaps I did want to see if I could persuade her to abscond Henry's bed for mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Harvesting the excess honey without weakening the colony or causing it to flee (abscond). From Wordnik.com. [35 Bees] Reference
This was madness, to abscond in the night like two lovers when they scarcely knew one another. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
Native honey bees also have greater tendency to abscond or leave suddenly, deserting their hive. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18] Reference
It was packed in the elephant house and he didn't want someone to abscond with the two year old. From Wordnik.com. [Jeralyn Merritt: Libby: Bob Novak Takes the Stand] Reference
It seems that Bear's executives will say anything in order to abscond from their responsibilities. From Wordnik.com. [JP Morgan Chase Lectures America on the Sanctity of Contracts] Reference
Frank P - Although the working classes will abscond to the BNP, the Tories will race over to UKIP. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
Let's make sure, however, they don't abscond with the all the riches they could only have made here. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: Spreading the Gain...and Pain] Reference
People were most likely to abscond from their trials when there was a possibility of heavy sentences. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Early this year, the same court had imposed tough bail conditions on the two fearing that they could abscond. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A particularly important factor would be, for example, whether the court thinks that the accused will abscond. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"However, the thieves did abscond with at least five carved jades, all of which had been photographed in situ.". From Wordnik.com. [Copán Tomb Looted] Reference
The truth is that they are breaking up the whole house of the human intellect that they may abscond in any direction. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
BONNER: Probably, 90 to 95 percent of the people who are issued to show cause to appear, abscond, they never show up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2004] Reference
He was too busy scanning the street, watching against someone who might try to abscond with her like a pig in a sack. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
That said, Sinbad: please get your keys back from Ms Clinton so she doesn't abscond with your sink at 3AM for a replenish. From Wordnik.com. [SurveyUSA: Hillary Way Ahead In Pennsylvania Primary] Reference
And more than a few of us on the left actually agree with you for once: you managed to abscond off without adequate punishment. From Wordnik.com. [An Open Letter To Joe Lieberman] Reference
Namibia who abscond to Namibia and South Africa respectively to escape their liability will be taken to task in the near future. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And if you abscond or break any of the rules in this 10-page document, you could be back in the Orange County jail in a heartbeat. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference
And if they hire financial advisors, they have to vet them thoroughly to lessen the chances that they will abscond with their money. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Chautin: Abolish the Rating Agencies] Reference
The word itself (as you should know already if you looked it up at my prodding months ago) means to leave in a hurry, or to abscond. From Wordnik.com. [Still Journeying] Reference
"I fail to see how the State has a strong case and Mr Booi will be a fool not to leave the matter in the hands of the court and abscond.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He was therefore forced to abscond; for being at that time in ill-health, a confinement in Edinburgh Castle would have endangered his life. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
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