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Definition
someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situationMuch more rarely, "fugitive" may describe something that lasts for a very short time; as in "a fugitive impression."
- She is one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
fugitives = people running away or hiding to avoid arrest
- The fugitive fled to Venezuela.
- The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 increased anti-slavery outrage in the North.
- The fugitive was captured after being on the run for over three years.
- It was a crumpled piece of paper, evidently forgotten there by the fugitives, in their hurry to get away.Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- I was a fugitive from justice, and here I was breezing into a jail where there were probably policemen trained to recognize me.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- Mrs. Bruce did not know I was a fugitive.Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- his rifle ready, his eyes trained away from the house to the left and to the right, because likely as not the fugitive would make a dash for it.Toni Morrison -- Beloved
- Still, if he was going to be a fugitive for the rest of his life, it would help to have some money,Louis Sachar -- Holes
- The fugitive cannot escape if everyone in the next minute looks from his house.Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- It would mean living the rest of his life as a fugitive.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- A colored man and a fugitive slave were on unfriendly terms.Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Here we found an excited and noisy crowd of fugitives.H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
- Wanted: Fugitive in city.Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- A carful of children, all ages, God knew, from twelve to sixteen, out whistling, yelling, hurrahing, had seen a man, a very extraordinary sight, a man strolling, a rarity, and simply said, "Let's get him," not knowing he was the fugitive Mr. Montag,Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- How would the words of a fugitive, desperate, tragic ugly look through pretty eyes?Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies
- He had a light beard now, like Harrison Ford's at the start of The Fugitive.James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls
- The fugitive laws suggest how often.John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley
- And it was tempting, but being a fugitive for life was too much of a risk.Jack Gantos -- Hole in My Life
- She seemed to feel like a fugitive in a dream, who tries to move away, but cannot.Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
fugitive = someone running away to avoid arrest
fugitive = people running away from a bad situation
fugitive = someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest
fugitives = people running away to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situation
fugitive = someone who is hiding from police to avoid arrest
fugitive = someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situation
fugitive = someone who is running away or hiding from police
fugitive = someone hiding from police
fugitive = person fleeing police
fugitive = someone hiding from police
fugitive = running from the law
fugitives = people fleeing an unpleasant situation
fugitive = person fleeing law enforcement officers
fugitive = person fleeing law enforcement officers