absconder

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Acting Principal Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi said the defendant clearly knew that his daughter was an absconder and that the insurance policy met the legal definition of funds that belonged to her.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The jury ruled that staff "failed to adequately supervise and secure the therapy room which was fitted with windows that Miss Powell, a frequent absconder, might reasonably believe she could escape through".

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

Later, he was declared an absconder after failing to return.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023

He failed to turn himself in after the challenge proved unsuccessful and was considered “an absconder illegally in this country,” a prosecutor wrote in a sentencing memo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023

When organizing the pursuit of Crawford, detective Hotchkiss had arranged with the Honduras government that any letters and telegrams that might come addressed to the absconder should be delivered to him.

From True Detective Stories From the archives of the Pinkertons by Moffett, Cleveland