跡あとをくらます

expression, godan verb (-su)

disappear; vanish; go into hiding

Used when someone deliberately hides their whereabouts or disappears without a trace. Often implies evading pursuit or leaving secretly. It is a rare expression; the more common synonym is 行方をくらます.

See also: 行方をくらます

• 犯はん人にんは夜よるの闇やみに跡あとをくらました。

  The culprit vanished into the darkness of the night.

• 彼かれは借しゃっ金きんを残のこしたまま跡あとをくらました。

  He disappeared, leaving his debts behind.