truant

/tɹˈuːənt/

/ˈtɹuənt/

Truant

a student who does not have permission for not attending school

someone who shirks duty

synonyms : no-show

truant

absent without permission

synonyms : awol

Examples

1. And mostly he played truant.

2. And she was chronically truant because her mother was a heroin addict and could not get her to school.

3. On The Addam's Family, he played Sam Hilliard, a truant officer who was extremely frightened of the family.

4. Later, after running from the clutches of truant officers, Oswald and his mother return to New Orleans.