TRUANT

[esp. UK] and ANZ, US usually and ANZ also play hooky [verb] [I]Children who truant or play truant (US usually and ANZ also play hooky) are regularly absent from school, usually while pretending to their parents that they have gone to school.You'll fail all your exams if you carry on truanting.Most parents are horrified when they discover their children have been playing truant from school.