fugitive
nounUK /ˈfjuːdʒətɪv/
US /ˈfjuːdʒətɪv/
A fugitive is someone who runs away or hides because they are in trouble.
The police searched the forest for the fugitive who escaped from jail.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Something that lasts only a very short time.
She felt a fugitive hope that things might get better.
3. Quick to disappear or hard to catch.
A fugitive breeze brushed past the window.
4. A person who flees from danger or unfair treatment.
The family became fugitives after the war began.