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 will begin serving his sentence in a federal police jail cell in the capital, Brasilia, where he has been detained since Saturday after being deemed a flight risk and removed from home detention.

From BBC

"He'll probably go right home. They say he's not a flight risk. Flight risk? He can't get up a ramp."

From Salon

Prosecutors filed a detention letter at the time of Guo’s arrest, saying he was a serious flight risk and a danger to the public because his crimes, which they said resulted in robbing thousands of individuals of money, were “ongoing and continually evolving.”

From Seattle Times

Trump will then be released until his next court date, since New York law dictates people indicted on nonviolent felony charges can be released on their own recognizance, without bail, unless they’re considered a flight risk.

From Slate

Questions from investors and analysts to Apollo have focused on this subset of annuity policies that have a potentially higher flight risk.

From Reuters