escapee
[ ih-skey-pee, es-key- ]
/ ɪ skeɪˈpi, ˌɛs keɪ- /
noun
a person who escapes, especially from a prison or other place of detention.
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Examples from the Web for escapee
Years ago, as an escapee of the George W. Bush administration, I wrote a whole book about it.
Jink, here, has a theory that it's some escapee from the paper-doll factory, with a machete.
Police Operation|H. Beam PiperWhen the goat squeezed under the dog leaped over and continued to herd the escapee toward the pen.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass|James Arthur Kjelgaard
British Dictionary definitions for escapee
escapee
/ (ɪˌskeɪˈpiː) /
noun
a person who has escaped, esp an escaped prisoner
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