I. noun
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a fugitive from Stalin's oppressive regime
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Porter escaped in 1995 and remains a fugitive .
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Also, Jerry and John had a lot of canceled checks made out to cash while their brother was a fugitive .
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He'd even questioned some of the older members of the Lucy Ghosts in private to help trace the fugitive .
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Orders were immediately sent out by Bustamante to the neighboring states to apprehend the fugitives.
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The fugitives, two of whom have been recaptured, are accused of genocide, mass murder and other crimes.
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The last two were arrested in 1995, but Garza escaped and remains a fugitive .
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There are 21 fugitives who will benefit, all republicans.
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They pursued the fugitives for about nine miles and then lit bonfires on the hill-tops to alert the local peasantry.
II. adjective
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The fugitive leader was captured last night.
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They shared a fugitive embrace.
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Below her there were fugitive glimpses of a winding thread of water that was the canal.
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He might have discussed it with his staff and opposed clemency for the fugitive businessman.
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His is one of the great fugitive stories of our time.
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In effect, a national bounty was promised for the capture of fugitive blacks.
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This makes the meaning of Mynd even more fugitive .
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We were catching a bus-one in an endless series in my fugitive childhood.
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Why construct a hero so multiple, so spread out, so fugitive ?