A Verb

A・be - (ä-bā')

tr.v. a-be
1. to hospitalize under suspicious circumstances
2. to make disappear from public view at times when behavior has been an embarrassment

Example: "I don't want to jump to conclusions...but it looks as though they've Abe'ed Nakagawa this morning."

The report from Reuters is here.

The Sankei Online has the more complete report, saying that Nakagawa will be skipping has already skipped out of today's Budget Committee interpellations and will miss the afternoon Finance Committee interpellations as well.

As for the above definition, I am referring, of course, to this.