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

  • (..) Run! - I told you to run. - If I had you'd be dead. Only the demons or spirits pass through the Dark Forest, which are you? - We are fugitives, from the queen - We mean you no harm. Where are all the men? Gone. You got nothing to drink? You have traveled far, (..)
    2012 Snow White and the Huntsman