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abscond
verb (used without object)
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution.
More about abscond
Abscond ultimately comes from Latin abscondere, 鈥渢o hide away, stow away, store away,鈥� a double compound verb formed from the preposition and prefix abs, abs-, a variant of ab, ab– 鈥渁way, away from,鈥� and the compound verb condere 鈥渢o put in or into, store away, put away鈥� (formed from the familiar prefix con-, here used with intensive force 鈥渢horoughly, completely,鈥� and –dere 鈥渢o put,鈥� a verb used only in compounds). The usual modern meaning of abscond 鈥渢o depart in a sudden and secret manner, so as to avoid capture and prosecution,鈥� does not occur in Latin but developed in English during the 17th century. It is a reflexive or passive use of the verb: 鈥渢o hide oneself, hide oneself away (from), flee, flee from prosecution.鈥� Abscond entered English in the second half of the 16th century in the sense 鈥渢o conceal, obscure.鈥�
how is abscond used?
Mr. Angiolillo鈥檚 descendants say that their stepbrother absconded with the diamond after his mother died in 2009, but the stepbrother, Marco Milella, has insisted that he inherited the stone from his mother and that it was his to sell, according to court records.
In a complaint filed in the Central District of California, the three principals were charged not only with running the site but also with planning an 鈥渆xit scam,鈥� in which they intended to abscond with some eleven million dollars being held in users鈥� accounts.
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infodemic
noun
a massive amount of widely and rapidly circulating information about a particular crisis or controversial issue, consisting of a confusing combination of fact, falsehood, rumor, and opinion.
More about infodemic
Infodemic, a transparent blend of info(rmation) and (epi)demic, was coined in 2003 by David J. Rothkopf, an American political scientist and journalist. Prof. Rothkopf was referring specifically to the profusion of information, misinformation, rumor, and outright falsehoods during the SARS epidemic of 2003.
how is infodemic used?
Yet if information is the disease, knowledge is also a cure. We should react to infodemics just as we do to diseases.
Her aim was to assess and stop a global spread鈥攏ot of the dangerous virus but of hazardous false information. She wanted to halt what her colleagues at the health agency are calling an 鈥�infodemic.鈥�
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ambit
noun
a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope.
More about ambit
Ambit comes straight from the Latin noun ambitus, a noun of many meanings associated with or derived from circular motion, e.g., 鈥渃ircuit, revolution; a ring, periphery, or circuit; a strip of ground around a building鈥� but not the English sense 鈥渟phere of operation or influence; range; scope,鈥� a sense that developed in English in the mid-17th century. In Cicero鈥檚 speeches, ambitus was the common crime of bribery, graft, or corruption in electioneering committed by a candidate or his associates. Ambitus is a derivative of the verb 补尘产墨谤别 鈥渢o visit in rotation, solicit or canvass for votes,鈥� a compound of the prefix ambi– 鈥渂oth, on both sides, around鈥� and the verb 墨谤别 鈥渢o go.鈥� Ambit entered English in one of its original Latin senses 鈥渟trip of ground around a house or other building鈥� in the second half of the 15th century.
how is ambit used?
The EPA鈥檚 ambit is too narrow, and climate change too sprawling, for Inslee鈥檚 time and talents.
The Oversight and Reform Committee has a broad聽ambit聽that allows it to scrutinize seemingly everything done by the executive branch.
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