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es·cape 1 vi es·caped, es·cap·ing: to depart from lawful custody with the intent of avoiding confinement or the administration of justice
escape 2 n
1: an act or instance of escaping
2: the criminal offense of escaping
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law.
Merriam-Webster.
1996.
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abscond, achieve liberty, avoid, avoid arrest, avoid capture, avoid peril, become free, bolt, break from prison, break loose, break out, circumvent, decamp, depart custody, depart unlawfully, desert, disappear, elabi, elude, evade, evadere, find freedom, flee, fugere, gain liberty, get to safety, levant, make a getaway, run away, slip away, sneak off, steal away, take flight
associated concepts: extradition, flight, forcible escape
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abscond, avoid (evade), circumvent, disappear, egress, elude, evacuate, evade (elude), exude, flee, impunity, issuance, leave (depart), outflow, parry, part (leave), quit (evacuate), retreat, shun
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006
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Collins dictionary of law.
W. J. Stewart.
2001.
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Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
2005.
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The criminal offense of fleeing legal custody without authority or consent.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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