Fugitive /(?)/

Fu·gi·tive

Fugitive

a.
  1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
    The fugitive Parthians follow.
    Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear?
    A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician.
  2. 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.
    The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables.

Phrases & Compounds
Fugitive compositions
Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.

Fugitive

n.
  1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
  2. Something hard to be caught or detained.
    Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit.
    — Harte.

Phrases & Compounds
Fugitive from justice
one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.