ESCAPER Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

escaper

noun

Definition of escaper

as in refugee

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Noun

The AfD also aims to segregate refugees and disabled children in schools and rework the curriculum to portray a more positive view of Germany's history.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
The party’s manifesto also calls for segregated classes, with refugee children taught separately by other refugees, and teaching designed to convey the message that staying in Germany is temporary.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of refugee

Noun

So many visitors get suckered into pasting and running the command that just about every malware pusher has adopted the technique.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The relevant agencies in both countries are working to resolve the issues together and Israeli visitors to Thailand will receive official travel guidance asking them to respect Thai laws and culture, Teplitskiy said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of visitor

Noun

Federal prosecutors usually do not use espionage charges to convict foreign agents spying on exile groups, but instead charge them with other crimes like conspiracy or acting as an agent of a foreign government.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
The city’s legislature now comprises only pro-Beijing loyalists, while most pro-democracy figures are either in jail or in exile overseas.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of exile

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Recent incidents drawing public scrutiny in Thailand have involved tourists of several nationalities, but one of the highest profile cases was of an Israeli tourist who was convicted of threatening a zoo owner and then deported.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Washington did grow, and for years tourists and residents flocked to the Capitol’s wide terrace overlooking the National Mall, especially at sunset.

— Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of tourist

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The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

— Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of emigrant

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Sources include defectors, informants and individuals who remain embedded within movements while passing information to outsiders.

— Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Anthropic, founded by OpenAI defectors, is now expected to be the first of the two companies to go public, two people familiar with its plans say, with the IPO as early as September.

— Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of defector

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Likewise, the Relief Procedures for Certain Former Citizens provides a pathway for eligible former citizens with minimal tax liability to resolve outstanding filing obligations without becoming covered expatriates.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
His success in the States landed him on the Israeli reality series The Americans, which follows Israeli expatriates chasing the American dream in the United States.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Definition of expatriate

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