fugitive from justice
noun
: a person (such as a criminal suspect or witness) who tries to elude law enforcement especially by fleeing the jurisdiction : fugitive
… when I declare myself as her counsel, I have to surrender her or be charged with harboring a fugitive from justice.—
James M. Cain
James M. Cain
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Fullerton was arrested on the fugitive from justice warrant and is being held without bail in the Shasta County Jail, according to inmate records.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
Nilo, who was arrested on Tuesday after investigators linked him to the unsolved assaults through genetic genealogy, appeared in a Jersey City courtroom on a fugitive from justice warrant and agreed to be brought to Massachusetts, officials said.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
He was charged with being a fugitive from justice, the representative said.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
Many of them, like Mr. de Castro, are officially fugitives from justice.
—Frances Robles, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
Hemingway was arrested on Sept. 22 at a New Jersey airport as a fugitive from justice and is being held on a $1 million bond.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2023
He is currently being held in Marshall County Jail on charges of attempting to elude and fugitive from justice.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2023
Sablan was transported to the Long Beach City Jail, where he was booked for kidnapping, lewd and lascivious acts with a child, and fugitive from justice.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 July 2023
The suspect, Steven Robert Sabalan, 61, of Cleburne, Texas, was arrested July 9 and booked into the Long Beach City Jail on charges of kidnapping, lewd and lascivious acts with a child, and fugitive from justice, the Long Beach Police Department said in a news release.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 July 2023
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Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
Nilo, who was arrested on Tuesday after investigators linked him to the unsolved assaults through genetic genealogy, appeared in a Jersey City courtroom on a fugitive from justice warrant and agreed to be brought to Massachusetts, officials said.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
He was charged with being a fugitive from justice, the representative said.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
Many of them, like Mr. de Castro, are officially fugitives from justice.
—Frances Robles, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
Hemingway was arrested on Sept. 22 at a New Jersey airport as a fugitive from justice and is being held on a $1 million bond.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2023
He is currently being held in Marshall County Jail on charges of attempting to elude and fugitive from justice.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2023
Sablan was transported to the Long Beach City Jail, where he was booked for kidnapping, lewd and lascivious acts with a child, and fugitive from justice.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 July 2023
The suspect, Steven Robert Sabalan, 61, of Cleburne, Texas, was arrested July 9 and booked into the Long Beach City Jail on charges of kidnapping, lewd and lascivious acts with a child, and fugitive from justice, the Long Beach Police Department said in a news release.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 July 2023
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First Known Use
1735, in the meaning defined above
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“Fugitive from justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fugitive%20from%20justice. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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