Surely 'abscond' isn't a noun?

[MummyDoIt]

Just watching the Panorama programme on prisons and they keep referring to 'absconds'. It sounds wrong but I can't think what the proper noun should be. Abscondings? Absconsions?

absconsions
shame on panorama
that kind of talk really impacts me

Absconders

it's worse than that indith -- it's referring to the act of absconding not the person

the act carried out by an absconder is an absconsion

really hope i don't have to eat my trousers on this after shuddering so violently

Oh! Got the wrong end of the stick there Yes the act of absconding results in an absconsion.

Absconsions sounds much better. 'Absconds' reminds me of the dreadful 'invites' instead of 'invitations' which is one of my pet hates.