jump bail

A form of jump one's bail — To abscond while at liberty under bail bonds.

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Meanings

verbjump bail (third-person singular simple present jumps bail, present participle jumping bail, simple past and past participle jumped bail)

present singular third person jumps bail · participle present jumping bail · participle past jumped bail · past jumped bail

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jump one's bail.
    1 more example

    The teenagers were charged with reckless endangerment, a more serious offense, to which they pleaded guilty and paid fines of $250 each. "I think that fine hurt them enough," said Bob Downing […] "One guy jumped bail and never appeared for his court date so they had to issue a warrant for him. Another had to put off payment from the court date in September to last December.

    1982 February 6, Bob Nelson, “'Rocky Relations' in New York Getting Smoother”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 3

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
abscond
Cite this entry
APA

jump bail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jump%20bail

MLA

“jump bail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jump%20bail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jump bail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jump%20bail.

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