FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fugitive from justice mean? 

• FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE (noun)
  The noun FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE has 1 sense:

1. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

  Familiarity information: FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fugitive; fugitive from justice

Hypernyms ("fugitive from justice" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fugitive from justice"):

absconder (a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution)

escapee (someone who escapes)