absconder

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Acting Principal Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi said the defendant clearly knew that his daughter was an absconder and that the insurance policy met the legal definition of funds that belonged to her.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

It is the first time the relatives of an "absconder" have been charged under the territory's security law, Reuters news agency said.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Later, he was declared an absconder after failing to return.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023

He failed to turn himself in after the challenge proved unsuccessful and was considered “an absconder illegally in this country,” a prosecutor wrote in a sentencing memo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023

The coal workings were abandoned; the new Commandant had probably other work for his beasts of burden to execute, and an absconder would be safe here for a few hours at least.

From For the Term of His Natural Life by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop