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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

/ ɪˌɪˈ辱ː /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of escapee1

First recorded in 1860–65; escape + -ee
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in her statement that Mr Williams "admitted to agents that one of the escapees advised him to turn the water off in the cell where the inmates escaped from".

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Louisiana State Police identified one escapee as Kendall Myles in downtown New Orleans through facial recognition technology after he was caught on a surveillance camera.

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There had been the written testimony of a few escapees.

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Militants fired on the escapees as they fled, and the official said his companion was hit from behind.

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Then again, that ambiguity ties into how these escapees feel about this enigmatic stranger in their midst.

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