Definition of fugitive Fugitive

/fjuˈʤʌtɪv/ - [fyujutiv] - fu•gi•tive

We found 15 definitions of fugitive from 7 different sources.

What does fugitive mean?

Noun Plural: fugitives
fugitive - someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
		fugitive from justice
		criminal, malefactor, outlaw, felon, crook someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
		absconder a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
fugitive - someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"
		runaway, fleer
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism

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fugitive (a.)
Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
fugitive (a.)
Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea.
fugitive (n.)
One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
fugitive (n.)
Something hard to be caught or detained.

fugitive
fūj′i-tiv, adj. apt to flee away: uncertain: volatile: perishable: temporary: occasional, written for some passing occasion.—n. one who flees or has fled from his station or country: one hard to be caught.—ns. Fū′gie (Scot.), a cock that will not fight, a runaway; Fū′gie-warr′ant, a warrant to apprehend a debtor about to abscond, prob. from the phrase in meditatione fugæ; Fugitā′tion (Scots law), absconding from justice: outlawry.—adv. Fug′itively.—n. Fug′itiveness. [Fr.,—L. fugitivus, fugĕre, to flee.]

fugitive
One who flees from his station or duty; a deserter; one who flees from danger. One who has fled or deserted and taken refuge under another power, or one who has fled from punishment.