fugitives
Those evading capture
Fugitives are people fleeing or in hiding, typically to escape law enforcement or legal authority: Police are searching for the fugitives.
The term extends to anyone evading capture or pursuit.
As an adjective, fugitive describes things that are fleeting or elusive: fugitive thoughts, fugitive pleasures.
A fugitive from justice is someone who has fled to avoid prosecution or imprisonment.
Fugitive from justice
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- convictJailed offender after trial
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- banditArmed roadside thief
desperado · gangster · lawbreaker · wanted · renegade · brigand · highwayman · smuggler
Search for a suspect
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- captureTake into custody
- apprehendSeize or understand
- huntPursuit of quarry
tracking · dragnet · search · hound · detective · investigation · helicopter · roadblock
Shelter from persecution
- exileBanishment from homeland
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- borderOuter edge or limit
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
displaced · stateless · persecution · flight · escape · passage · haven · smuggling
Secret place of refuge
- safehouseSecure secret shelter
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- aliasAdopted false name
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
incognito · concealment · cover · stealth · undetected · off-grid · vanish · disappearance
Formal authorization document
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
- bountyReward for capture
- posterDisplayed printed notice
- suspectBelieve to be likely
authorities · indictment · charges · jurisdiction · arraignment · prosecution · bail · parole violation
Absence of unjust constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- escapeFlight from captivity
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
release · amnesty · pardon · Underground Railroad · liberation · deliverance · safe passage · asylum
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
bandit · desperado · gangster · lawbreaker · wanted · renegade · brigand · highwayman · smuggler · bootlegger
manhunt
Search for a suspect
hunt · tracking · dragnet · search · hound · detective · investigation · helicopter · roadblock · canine
asylum
Shelter from persecution
emigrant · displaced · stateless · persecution · flight · escape · passage · haven · smuggling · crossing
hideout
Secret place of refuge
underground · incognito · concealment · cover · stealth · undetected · off-grid · vanish · disappearance · low profile
warrant
Formal authorization document
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
- bountyReward for capture
- posterDisplayed printed notice
suspect · authorities · indictment · charges · jurisdiction · arraignment · prosecution · bail · parole violation · APB
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- escapeFlight from captivity
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
sanctuary · release · amnesty · pardon · Underground Railroad · liberation · deliverance · safe passage · asylum · reprieve
- Military Desertiondeserter, desertion, AWOL, absconding, absconders
- Rogues Gallerymugshots, wanted posters, booking photos, criminal records, repeat offenders
- Slavery EscapeUnderground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, runaways, freedom seekers
- extraditionextradition treaty, rendition, red notice, red notices, Interpol
- criminal investigationsinvestigations, crime scene, crime scenes, crime scene investigation, crime scene analysis
- Crime Watchwanted posters, missing persons, mugshots, cold cases, tip lines
fugitivespursuers
Those who chase
hunters · captors · bounty hunters · trackers · chasers
fugitivesresidents
People living somewhere
settlers · permanent residents · inhabitants · homebodies · natives
- fugitive slaveEscaped person from bondage
- The FugitivePerson fleeing the law
- fugitive slave lawsMandated return of escapees
- fugitive from justiceOne evading lawful capture
- harboring fugitivesHiding persons from law
- Fugitive Slave ActLaw mandating escapee return