fugitive

Definition

  • noun: a person who is running away to avoid being captured
  • noun: a person who flees or tries to escape
  • adjective: running away or intending flight
  • often + 'from'
  • synonyms: evanescent, volatile, uncertain

Examples

  • As he daydreamed, 'fugitive' thoughts/dreams passed through his mind.

  • She has been charged with helping a 'fugitive from justice'.

  • They discovered that the slave was a 'fugitive'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We must find Vitruvius and get to the Office Tower before it's too late. Heh. How scary can someone's office be? President Business, we're trying to locate the fugitive... ...but his face is so generic it matches every other face in our database. Okay, have Bad Cop meet me in my office... (..)
    2014 The Lego Movie