In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ABSCOND
abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off
(verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; “The thief made off with our silver”; “the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded)
(intransitive, reflexive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution. [From mid 16th century.]
Synonyms: flee, run away, steal away
(intransitive) To withdraw from. [From mid 16th century.]
(transitive) To evade, to hide or flee from.
(obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
Synonym: conceal
(archaic, intransitive, reflexive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*scond", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Absconded; p. pr. & vb. n. Absconding.] Etym: [L. abscondere to hide; ab, abs + condere to lay up; con + dare (only in comp.) to put. Cf. Do.]
1. To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.
2. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor. That very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond. Macaulay.
Ab*scond", v. t.
Definition: To hide; to conceal. [Obs.] Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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