evade capture/arrest
idiom
: to avoid being captured/arrested
They have evaded capture/arrest so far.
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In Gaza, in their search for hostages, Israeli forces have raided hospitals, dug up gravesites and scoured tunnels used by Hamas to evade capture and hide from Israeli bombs.
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Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Even local Anglo sheriffs and politicians, who depended on Texas-Mexican votes, helped Garza evade capture.
—TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
In early September, Gordon kidnapped yet another victim in an attempted to evade arrest, authorities said.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
She was sentenced to three years in federal prison for providing money to her siblings to travel in efforts to evade capture by police.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
Yet, Rogers managed to evade arrest for a full decade due to a period steeped in homophobic prejudices further exacerbated by the AIDS crisis.
—James Mercadante and Lindsay Martell, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2023
Many states’ anti-mask laws ban the coverings if a wearer is using them to commit a crime, to infringe on others’ rights, to intimidate law enforcement and/or to evade arrest.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
The rest are trying to evade capture, either by climbing over the wall and making a break for it into the city, or trekking deep into the surrounding desert.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Still, refining or confirming those numbers is a challenge; nets remain an important tool for estimation, and many mesopelagic fish are almost perfectly adapted to evade capture.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Even local Anglo sheriffs and politicians, who depended on Texas-Mexican votes, helped Garza evade capture.
—TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
In early September, Gordon kidnapped yet another victim in an attempted to evade arrest, authorities said.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
She was sentenced to three years in federal prison for providing money to her siblings to travel in efforts to evade capture by police.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
Yet, Rogers managed to evade arrest for a full decade due to a period steeped in homophobic prejudices further exacerbated by the AIDS crisis.
—James Mercadante and Lindsay Martell, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2023
Many states’ anti-mask laws ban the coverings if a wearer is using them to commit a crime, to infringe on others’ rights, to intimidate law enforcement and/or to evade arrest.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
The rest are trying to evade capture, either by climbing over the wall and making a break for it into the city, or trekking deep into the surrounding desert.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Still, refining or confirming those numbers is a challenge; nets remain an important tool for estimation, and many mesopelagic fish are almost perfectly adapted to evade capture.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
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