truant  Ønoun ABSENTEE, non-attender; Brit. informal skiver | Vocabulary

truant 

Ønoun

ABSENTEE, non-attender; Brit. informal skiver;Austral./NZ informal wag. 
play truant 
STAY AWAY FROM SCHOOL, not go to school, be absent, truant; Brit. informal skive (off), bunk off;Irish informal mitch (off); N. Amer. informal play hookey, goof off, ditch; Austral./NZ informal play the wag; rare bag it, hook Jack, mooch, play the hop, hop the wag. 

Øverb
teachers reported on whether pupils had truanted