fugitive

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Senior Vice President Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and contractor Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun were arrested; sales manager Ruei-Tsang “Steven” Chang is a fugitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The U.S., considering him a fugitive, was seeking his extradition from Spain, and he was likely looking at prison.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

Waltz added that the US had carried out a "surgical law enforcement operation" to apprehend Maduro, whom he is also referred to as a "fugitive from justice".

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Defence lawyers blamed Najib's close associate, the fugitive businessman Jho Low, seen as the mastermind of the scheme.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

Nothing would ever stop her from helping them, not masters or slave catchers, or overseers or fugitive slave laws.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry