escapee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of escapee
Example Sentences
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In July, another escapee, 24-year-old Laura Avtorkhanova, was found in a shelter in Georgia by a group of male relatives who reportedly tried to coerce her into returning to Russia.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
Louisiana State Police identified one escapee as Kendall Myles in downtown New Orleans through facial recognition technology after he was caught on a surveillance camera.
From BBC • May 16, 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
Earlier this month, the sheriff’s office said fellow escapee Marc Kerry Anderson was captured in Atlanta.
From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2023
He told no one that he was an escapee from a political labor camp, fearing that it might tempt someone to turn him over to the police.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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