Definition of "fugitive from justice" []

• A person who is convicted or accused of a crime that flees from law enforcement and runs across state lines to evade arrest. (noun)

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• "A woman had phoned the Lost Hope substation, claiming that a fugitive from justice who had been featured on a recent edition of Unsolved Mysteries was staying at the Aces and Eights Motel."
• "Taking on a fugitive from justice to serve aboard a merchant ship was a violation of the Federation Maritime Code, but even the best- intentioned merchant captains could be fooled by cleverly forged papers."