fugitive
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It has also prompted public outrage as to how a fugitive father, who had three children with him, could have evaded authorities for so long.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Instead, he asked the Texas secretary of state to consider whether Castro was a fugitive, and he refused to reach a decision on extraditing him until that question was answered.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Cole, whom news reports are calling a cop killer and a fugitive, is a British former Marine and police officer with a shadowy past that brought an abrupt end to his career in uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The fugitive Aegon experienced what it was like to be a boot-licking commoner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Roy didn’t think he’d done anything wrong, but he wondered if he could get in trouble for helping Mullet Fingers, a fugitive from the school system.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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Many members of his inner circle, including family members, were dead, fugitives or behind bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Constitution mandates that states deliver fugitives upon proper demand—though it does not provide a time frame for a response—the judge’s hands were tied.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Five of these were now considered fugitives, it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Since 1968, federal law has prohibited gun possession by felons, fugitives and other persons deemed to be dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Royal scouted the city jail for runaways the lawyer might defend, ran messages between enigmatic persons, and distributed funds from antislavery societies to relocated fugitives.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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