fugitive
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes…A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
» The fugitive is armed and dangerous.
Der Flüchtige ist bewaffnet und gefährlich.
Беглец вооружён и опасен.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
Flüchtling
бегле́цbegléc, бегля́нкаbegljánka
утіка́чutikáč, утіка́чкаutikáčka, втіка́чvtikáč
- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
Examples
38 sentencesThe fugitive is armed and dangerous.
ruБеглец вооружён и опасен. — odexed
deDer Flüchtige ist bewaffnet und gefährlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was caught harboring a fugitive.
ruТом был уличён в укрывательстве беглеца. — Biga
Tom got caught harboring a fugitive.
Tom became a fugitive.
deTom wurde zum Flüchtling. — Waldelfe
Tom was harboring a fugitive.
ruТом укрывал беглеца. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fuFrom Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus, from fugitō, from fugiō.
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Forms
plural: fugitivesSynonyms
6 synonyms- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice:fugitive from justice
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation:runawayfleer-n