flight risk

[flahyt risk]

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.

Example Sentences

Although the policy is being challenged in federal court, the ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals is likely to send an immediate chill through immigration courts where judges for decades have released individuals on bond whom they did not deem a flight risk or danger.

From Los Angeles Times

"It is wholly inadequate that this man who is a known flight risk is allowed out on day release," he said.

From BBC

The prosecutor argued she posed a flight risk and could reoffend if allowed bail.

From BBC

When people understand that they’re arrested for an offense, and if they’re a likely flight risk or a threat to the community so they’re held in custody during the pendency of their case, that can be a very effective deterrent.

From Slate

Combs’ attorneys urged the release, insisting their client is not a flight risk.

From Los Angeles Times