All 5 Uses of
fugitive
in
The Bourne Identity
- PREFACE The New York Times Friday, July 11, 1975 FRONT PAGE DIPLOMATS SAID TO BE LINKED WITH FUGITIVE TERRORIST KNOWN AS CARLOS PARIS, July 10-France expelled three high-ranking Cuban diplomats today in connection with the worldwide search for a man called Carlos, who is believed to be an important link in an international terrorist network.†
Chpt Pref.fugitive = someone hiding from law enforcement officers
- Many we employed were runaways or fugitives from the States, a number well-educated, all resourceful.†
Chpt 16 *fugitives = people hiding from law enforcement officers
- From that faction of thieves and fugitives?†
Chpt 16
- Can you imagine the temptation for a man like Cain, operating in the steamy confines of an area rife with drifters and fugitives and regimes up to their necks in corruption?†
Chpt 16
- We're being forced to grant asylum to a fugitive, to subvert the laws-because if that woman's telling the truth, we've got our ass in a sling!†
Chpt 34fugitive = someone hiding from law enforcement officers
Definitions:
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(1)
(fugitive as in: she is a fugitive) someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, "fugitive" may describe something that lasts for a very short time; as in "a fugitive impression."