fugitive
noun
a person who is fleeing, as from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway.
fugitives
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pluralof fugitive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Sorcerer” is about a group of fugitives driving a load of dynamite across the jungle; “The Weight” follows a group of Depression-era convicts transferring gold through the forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
She aptly notes, however, that the fierce defense of the fugitives in Christiana was rooted in “decades of tenacious, ever-evolving anti-slavery and Black rights efforts,” which had “spread out across Philadelphia and rural southeastern Pennsylvania.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Constitution mandates that states deliver fugitives upon proper demand—though it does not provide a time frame for a response—the judge’s hands were tied.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Five of these were now considered fugitives, it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
For more than one year, Bert lived as a U-boat, as Jewish fugitives were called, harbored among kind and not-so-kind Germans and living in bombed-out buildings.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
