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escapee

[ ih-skey-pee, es-key- ]

noun

  1. a person who escapes, especially from a prison or other place of detention.


escapee

/ ɪˌskeɪˈpiː /

noun

  1. a person who has escaped, esp an escaped prisoner


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Word History and Origins

Origin of escapee1

First recorded in 1860–65; escape + -ee

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Example Sentences

The overwhelming majority of escapees are caught within the first month.

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The escapees took cover behind a law enforcement vehicle as gunshots and a loud boom rang out from the synagogue.

Nearly all of the escapees were sold South, including Mary and Emily Edmonson and their four brothers.

The escapees quietly left the homes of their enslavers, made their way to the Southwest docks and boarded the Pearl.

The ship was towed back to Washington under the point of several guns, and as the escapees were carted off to jail, an angry crowd harassed them.

Years ago, as an escapee of the George W. Bush administration, I wrote a whole book about it.

When the goat squeezed under the dog leaped over and continued to herd the escapee toward the pen.

Jink, here, has a theory that it's some escapee from the paper-doll factory, with a machete.

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