fugitive
noun/ˈfjudʒɪtɪv/
Frequency rank: #7,310 most common English word
Meaning
a person who has escaped from captivity or is fleeing from the law.
Example sentence
The police searched the entire city for the fugitive who had escaped from prison.
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