All 21 Uses
fugitive
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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- Before they could continue on their escape south, the fugitives had business at the tavern.†
p. 83.4fugitives = people hiding from law enforcement officers
- The farmer helped Booth dismount, offering support when the fugitive's body weight bore down on his injured leg.†
p. 93.8fugitive = someone hiding from law enforcement officers
- Cox swung open the door and invited the fugitives into his home.†
p. 116.7fugitives = people hiding from law enforcement officers
- Cox gave Jones the whistle code — a set of three notes — and cautioned him to approach the fugitives carefully.†
p. 120.7
- They looked like the fugitives they were.†
p. 137.9
- On the morning of Tuesday, April 18, Jones paid his third call on the fugitives.†
p. 138.1
- The fugitives ate, then immediately headed for the river, about a mile away.†
p. 144.9
- Mudd's lies delayed the cavalry's departure long enough to allow the fugitives to escape Maryland.†
p. 148.2
- The evidence gathered at Mudd's farm, plus alleged sightings of the fugitives southwest of his farm, suggested that the assassins were making for Virginia.†
p. 150.3
- Horse-mounted couriers and telegraph wires were alive all day with instructions to troops to enlist the help of fishermen and others on the river to capture the fugitives.†
p. 150.9
- It took threats of violence by Booth to persuade Lucas to allow the fugitives to stay the night at his cabin.†
p. 153.7 *
- The soldiers huddled with the fugitives and hatched a plan.†
p. 155.2
- Willie Jett, Ruggles, Bainbridge, and the fugitives made their way to Locust Hill, a farm owned by Richard H. Garrett, seeking shelter for the night.†
p. 155.6
- If they kept moving, the soldiers of the Sixteenth New York would reach the same spot where the fugitives had crossed the Rappahannock by tomorrow afternoon, April 25.†
p. 158.2
- That meant the fugitives were only about a day's ride ahead of them.†
p. 161.1
- After supper, the fugitives again discussed where they might find transportation, probably horses.†
p. 162.8
- The Garretts swung the barn door shut behind the fugitives.†
p. 164.1
- The fugitives did not hear the sliding bolt, did not know they were prisoners.†
p. 164.3
- He revealed the fugitives were at Richard Garrett's farmhouse and agreed to show the soldiers where they were.†
p. 164.9
- Baker ordered John Garrett to enter the barn and take the weapons from the fugitives.†
p. 166.6
- Baker shouted an ultimatum to the fugitives: "I want you to surrender.†
p. 167.8
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) Much more rarely, "fugitive" may describe something that lasts for a very short time; as in "a fugitive impression."