evade capture/arrest
idiom
: to avoid being captured/arrested
They have evaded capture/arrest so far.
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Despite escalating pictures of Crooks to command, the would-be assassin managed to evade capture.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 July 2024
The defectors were able to evade capture by undercover North Korean police and Chinese officials.
—Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2016
Rousseau, it was revealed, insisted on personally approving all major vandalism operations, in addition to some detailed schemes to evade arrest.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
By some estimates, as many as 25,000 Jewish citizens had gone into hiding to evade arrest and deportation, much like the Frank family had done.
—TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 July 2024
The defectors were able to evade capture by undercover North Korean police and Chinese officials.
—Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2016
Rousseau, it was revealed, insisted on personally approving all major vandalism operations, in addition to some detailed schemes to evade arrest.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
By some estimates, as many as 25,000 Jewish citizens had gone into hiding to evade arrest and deportation, much like the Frank family had done.
—TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Evade capture/arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evade%20capture%2Farrest. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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