jump bail

English

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

Alternative form of jump one's bail
- 1982 February 6, Bob Nelson, “'Rocky Relations' in New York Getting Smoother”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 3:
  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.