lam

²lam

noun

Definition of LAM

: sudden or hurried flight especially from the law <on the lam>

Examples of LAM

1. <the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam>

First Known Use of LAM

circa 1897

Related to LAM

Synonyms: break, breakout, bunk [British], flight, getaway, escape, rout, slip

Related Words: jailbreak; deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation; close call, close shave, near miss

Near Antonyms: captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; custody, detention, hold, holding, retention; endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble

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Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi