φυγάς — meaning in English

English meaning

• fugitive noun A person who is fleeing or hiding, especially to avoid arrest.
• outlaw noun A person who has broken the law and is hiding or on the run from it.

Senses

φυγάς is used for these senses in English:

• 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.

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.

outlaw — full definition

1. noun A person who has broken the law and is hiding or on the run from it.
2. verb To make something illegal, or to declare a person an outlaw.

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