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Fugitive

Fugitive Meaning & Definition
Fugitive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fugitive?

[n] someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
[n] someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the seatshops"
[adj] lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fugitive: fleeting | fugitive from justice | momentaneous | momentary | runaway | short

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fugitive: absconder | at large | betrayer | bolter | brief | brittle | capricious | changeable | circumforaneous | convict | corruptible | criminal | crook | deceiver | deciduous | deserter | desperado | desperate criminal | disappearing | discursive | disengaged | displaced person | dissolving | divagatory | double-dealer | DP | drifting | dying | eloper | emigre | ephemeral | errant | escape artist | escaped | escapee | escaper | escapist | evacuee | evanescent | evaporating | fading | felon | fickle | fled | fleeing | fleer | fleeting | flitting | floating | flown | fly-by-night | flying | footloose | footloose and fancy-free | fragile | frail | free | fugacious | gadding | gallows bird | gangster | gaolbird | gypsyish | gypsy-like | hot | impermanent | impetuous | impulsive | in flight | inconstant | insubstantial | jailbird | Judas | landloping | lawbreaker | loose | meandering | melting | migrational | migratory | mobster | momentary | mortal | mutable | nomad | nomadic | nondurable | nonpermanent | on the lam | on the loose | out of | outlaw | passing | perishable | public enemy | quisling | racketeer | rambling | ranging | refugee | roaming | roving | runagate | runaway | running away | scofflaw | scot-free | shifting | short-lived | skedaddler | stateless person | straggling | straying | strolling | swindler | temporal | temporary | thief | thug | traipsing | traitor | transient | transitive | transitory | transmigratory | two-timer | undurable | unenduring | unstable | vagabond | vagrant | vanishing | volatile | wandering | well out of

See Also | absconder | criminal | crook | escapee | felon | human | individual | malefactor | mortal | outlaw | person | somebody | someone | soul

Fugitive In Webster's Dictionary

\Fu"gi*tive\, a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See {Bow} to bend, and cf. {Feverfew}.] 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. --Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear? --Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. --Woodward. {Fugitive compositions}, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Syn: Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.
\Fu"gi*tive\, n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. {Fugitive from justice} (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.

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