absconder

Other forms: absconders

Definitions of absconder
  1. noun
    a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
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    types:
    alien absconder
    a fugitive remaining in the United States after an immigration judge has ordered them deported
    type of:
    fugitive, fugitive from justice
    someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
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