A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
One that is nonexistent or lacking.
A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
Pertaining to one that is absent.
Absence from school or work; truancy.
Full of hooks (in any sense).
Dodgy; crooked; illicit.
Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.