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fugitive
1. n. A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest o
2. adj. fleeing or running away
3. adj. transient, fleeting or ephemeral
4. adj. elusive or difficult to retain

Example Sentences

I was on the alert for a fugitive criminal.  The fugitive surfaced in a small town fifty miles from here but then disappeared again.

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