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
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
The author’s mother and father went into hiding and had their first child, Mr. Dohrn, in 1977, while they were living as fugitives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Justice Department official warned that there were more fugitives hiding out in the Osage Hills than “perhaps any other county in the state or any state in the Union.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
