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Definition

someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situation

Much 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.

fugitive = someone running away to avoid arrest

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 increased anti-slavery outrage in the North.

fugitive = people running away from a bad situation

The fugitive was captured after being on the run for over three years.

fugitive = someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest

It was a crumpled piece of paper, evidently forgotten there by the fugitives, in their hurry to get away.
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel

fugitives = people running away to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situation

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

fugitive = person hiding from police to avoid arrest

Mrs. Bruce did not know I was a fugitive.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

fugitive = someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situation

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

fugitive = someone who is running away or hiding from police

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

fugitive = someone hiding from police

The fugitive cannot escape if everyone in the next minute looks from his house.
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

fugitive = person fleeing police

It would mean living the rest of his life as a fugitive.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

fugitive = someone hiding from police

And if she knew that Rosaleen was a true fugitive, wouldn't she have to call the police?
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

fugitive = person hiding from police to avoid arrest

A colored man and a fugitive slave were on unfriendly terms.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

fugitive = running from the law

Here we found an excited and noisy crowd of fugitives.
H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds

fugitives = people fleeing an unpleasant situation

"A fugitive from justice," I said.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

fugitive = person hiding from police to avoid arrest

Wanted: Fugitive in city.
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

fugitive = person fleeing law enforcement officers

August said she wished the fugitive would go ahead and find the one-armed man and get it over with.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

fugitive = person hiding from the police to avoid arrest

Neil came over most evenings and sat with June in the parlor while the rest of us watched The Fugitive on television in the den.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

fugitive = person hiding from police to avoid arrest

What I meant was being a fugitive from the law.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

fugitive = person hiding from police to avoid arrest

Rosaleen, a fugitive.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

fugitive = person hiding from police to avoid arrest

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