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A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding
“The officers watched in amazement as their daring fugitive escaped.”
One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal
One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah
Someone skilled at escaping
Fleeing or running away (from a place or group)
“The pursuit of the fugitive soldier did not slacken. The galleries and vaults were secured, and every place resounded with uproar and menace.”
Existing or appearing only for a brief moment
“He hurried forward to enjoy and to abuse his glory, as if aware that it was a fugitive dream of youth.”
Hard to find, capture or achieve
“Memory enjoys a fugitive triumph. But though the moment of full recollection brings deep and ecstatic joy, and a triumph over time, the vision passes, and the ordinary business of living is resumed.”
Regularly moving or wandering from place to place
“Jumbo's cast was part of a fugitive circus trailing its way across the corn belt.”
Free from physical restraint or confinement
Difficult or impossible to define or describe
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