ab|squat|u|late

ab|squat|u|late
ab|squat|u|late «ab SKWOCH uh layt», intransitive verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing.
U.S. Slang. to run away; flee; abscond: »

Anybody who has read a thriller by Ian Fleming is bloody well aware why the Russians have absquatulated with so many of Britain's state secrets. It's that blinking British Agent 007 (Time).

[American English < ab-1 + squat; influenced by abscond and capitulate]
ab|squat´u|la´tion, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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