fugitive
/ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/ noun C1- A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
Plural fugitives
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“And once again, if the thought of leaving a bicycle concealed outside had occurred to you, would it really have seemed worth doing when the dullest detective would naturally say this is an obvious blind, as the bicycle is the first thing which the fugitive needed in order to make his escape.”
The mark was put by Barker’s bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill to suggest how the fugitive got away.
The country seems to be full of the fugitives with yellow coats.”
John Douglas himself could be, and the balance of probability was that with the connivance of his wife and his friend he was concealed in a house which had such conveniences for a fugitive, and awaiting quieter times when he could make his final escape.”
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