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nounsomeone who flees from an uncongenial situation
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adjectivelasting for a markedly brief time
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nounsomeone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
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- harbor secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
- harbour secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
- roadblock a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
- barricade a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
- bushwhack live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
- absconder a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
- alien absconder a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported
- bounty hunter someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered