escaped prisoner
Fled from confinement
An escaped prisoner is someone who has fled from legal custody—whether from a jail, prison, or while being transported.
The phrase emphasizes both the act of escape and the person's status as a fugitive: Police are searching for an escaped prisoner last seen near the highway.
Often shortened to escapee in news reports.
- jailbreakEscape from custody
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- absconderOne who flees secretly
fugitive · correctional facility · wanted poster · armed and dangerous · survival instinct · outlaw · extradition · recidivist · apprehension · evasion · surveillance · cold trail · security breach · news coverage · fear · cell block · search warrant · lockdown
- public alertsemergency broadcast, wireless alert, text alert, civil emergency, terror alert
- war captivesPOW, captured soldier, enemy combatant, internee, death march survivor
- displaced peoplerefugee, displaced, IDPs, asylum seeker, displaced persons
- Lost soulslost soul, lost sheep, wanderer, drifter, prodigal
escaped prisonerinmate
Confined facility resident
captive · jailbird · lifer · death row inmate · prisoner
escaped prisonerprison guard
Correctional facility officer
captor · bounty hunter · corrections officer · warden · jailer
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