karkulainen — meaning in English

English meaning

• fugitive noun A person who is fleeing or hiding, especially to avoid arrest.
• runaway noun Someone (or something) that has fled or escaped, especially a person who has left home.
• stray verb To wander away from where you should be, or to drift off a planned path or topic.

Senses

karkulainen is used for these senses in English:

• fugitive Fleeing or running away; escaping.
• fugitive A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
• runaway A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
• runaway (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
• stray Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.

fugitive — full definition

1. noun A person who is fleeing or hiding, especially to avoid arrest.
2. adjective Fleeing or running away.
3. adjective Lasting only a short time; fleeting.

runaway — full definition

1. noun Someone (or something) that has fled or escaped, especially a person who has left home.
2. adj Out of control, or achieved with an overwhelming, easy lead.

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