flight risk

American  

[flahyt risk] / ˈflaɪt ˈrɪsk /

noun

1. the possibility that a person awaiting a criminal hearing or trial will flee instead of staying to attend their trial.

2. a person awaiting a criminal hearing or trial who is considered likely to flee instead of staying to attend their trial.

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Example Sentences

He remains under police investigation, but last week his lawyers said his passport had been returned by the Metropolitan Police, adding that he did not constitute a flight risk.

From BBC

DHS has held her in detention on the grounds she is likely a flight risk, which her lawyers deny.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cesena Camacho appeared in court March 3 before Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt, who ordered him held without bail citing flight risk.

From Los Angeles Times

On Friday, lawyers for the former UK ambassador to the US said his passport had been returned by the Metropolitan Police, adding that he did not constitute a flight risk.

From BBC

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle later confirmed he had passed information to the Metropolitan Police suggesting Lord Mandelson could be a flight risk.

From BBC