Search Result for "fugitive_from_justice":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice;
[syn: fugitive, fugitive from justice]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. [1913 Webster] 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. [1913 Webster] Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. [1913 Webster] Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fugitive from justice n 1: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice [syn: fugitive, fugitive from justice]