abscondee

plural abscondees

1. A person who has absconded.

   An investigator begins an intensive search for the abscondee.

   1967 ·, Louise Boggess, Journey to Citizenship, page 51

   2 more examples

   A Plot in Private Life, a Collins novella, sets Mr Dark, a lawyer's clerk, on the train of an abscondee.

   2009, Russell James, Great British Fictional Detectives, page 18

   Hong Kong's leader, John Lee, put it more starkly. "The only way to end their destiny of being an abscondee who will be pursued for life is to surrender," he said on Tuesday.

   2023 July 4, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Targets Dissidents Overseas With Bounties”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023

   Synonyms: absconder

2. rareA person who is abandoned by an absconder.

   The self-pity of the absconder against the bitter clarity of the left-behind, the abscondee.

   2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 11

   1 more example

   '[…] After Norm absconded, I found that a little disconcerting. As if the sonofabitch was still there, staring at me, checking up on me. Are you an absconder, Tom?' 'No, I think I'm technically an abscondee.' 'Ah, well, there we are. We have something in common. Here's to all abscondees.

   2010, Nicholas Evans, The Brave