escapee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of escapee
Example Sentences
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One escapee told researchers these government crackdowns were intended "to block people's eyes and ears".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Astronomers suspect an unusual near-Earth rocky object is not a typical escapee from the Solar System’s asteroid belt, but is instead a chunk of the Moon blasted into space eons ago by a spectacular impact.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2024
One escapee, who spoke to her relative back home, said rice and wheat could no longer be smuggled into the country.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
Missouri prison escapee Mario Che-Tiul, 34, was arrested by @USMS_Philly and Chester County CID detectives in the unit block of Gap Newport Pike, Avondale, PA.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
If the Mayor’s men had a captured escapee hidden away for a boy’s thirteenth, then fine.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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