wanted men
Outlaws being hunted
Wanted men are people sought by law enforcement, typically for alleged crimes.
The phrase evokes Old West bounty posters: wanted men with prices on their heads.
It extends to anyone being actively pursued: The two became wanted men after the heist.
The singular wanted man works the same way.
- fugitivesThose fleeing from law
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- dead or aliveIn any vital state
- bountyReward for capture
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
reward · criminals · public enemy · manhunt · escaped · on the lam · hunted · lawmen · long arm of the law · hideout · notorious · desperados · wild west · marshals · chase · capture · bandits · gunslingers
- Robin HoodRobin Hood, Friar Tuck, Little John, Maid Marian, Sheriff of Nottingham
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer