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es·cap·ee

(ĭ-skā′pē′, ĕs′kā-)

One that has escaped, especially an escaped prisoner. See Usage Note at -ee¹.

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escapee

(ɪˌskeɪˈpiː)

a person who has escaped, esp an escaped prisoner

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es•cap•ee

(ɪ skeɪˈpi, ˌɛs keɪ-)

n.

a person who has escaped, esp. from a prison.

[1860–65]

escapee

Any person who has been physically captured by the enemy and succeeds in getting free. See also evasion and escape.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

escapee - someone who escapes

fugitive from justice, fugitive - someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

escapee

noun runaway, escaper, refugee, fugitive, deserter, truant, absconder An escapee from Sydney's Long Bay Jail was recaptured today.

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escapee

noun

One who flees, as from home, confinement, captivity, or justice:

fugitive, refugee, runaway.

Translations

evaso profugo

escapee

[ɪskeɪˈpiː] N (from prison) → fugitivo/a m/f, prófugo/a m/f

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escapee

[ɪˌskeɪˈpiː] n → évadé(e) m/fescape hatch n

(in roof, floor) → trappe f de secours

(fig) (= means of escape) an escape hatch from sth → une échappatoire à qchescape key n → touche f d'échappementescape route n

(from difficult situation) → échappatoire f

(from fire) → issue f de secours

[prisoners] → voie f empruntée pour s'échapper; [fighters] → itinéraire m d'évasion

(on road) → voie f de détresse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

escapee

n → entflohener Häftling

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

escapee

[ɪskeɪˈpiː] n → evaso/a

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According to him, 'Nigeria is one of the countries with considerable escapees numbering 22, dumped at the International Organisation for Migrant's camp in Niger Republic y while most of the escapee have devised means and found their ways back to Nigeria

Reps urge FG to repatriate stranded Nigerians in Republic of Niger

The escapee, who identified herself to police as Benedicta Obeng Kumaye, aka Nana Ama, was being processed for court on a charge of robbery, when she forced her way out the cells and fled.

Dreadful Lady Robber Breaks jail ... Police left with 24hrs to produce her

The arrest of a man claiming to have escaped from Nyeri Medium Prison has raised eyebrows after prison officials denied he was the escapee they were after.

Escapee hunt: Confusion as wrong man arrested in Nyeri

Superintendent Vicente Cabatingan, chief of Bacoor City police, identified the slain escapee as Marcelo Ruiz, of Barangay Molino 3, Bacoor.

Another Bacoor jail fugitive dead in alleged shootout

Four years since an escapee escaped from police custody while being taken to Thimphu Hospital for treatment, the Thimphu Police re-arrested the escapee from Khasdraphu on July 5.

ESCAPED DETAINEE ARRESTED AFTER FOUR Years

They had roped in the Interpol to help them to trace and nab 'Romi' after three gangsters who were arrested in February, last year, including jail escapee Gurpreet Sekhon had told the police interrogators that 'Romi' had provided funds for the November 2016 Nabha jailbreak and had even set up a "control room" in Hong Kong to coordinate the movement of the jailbreak escapees using the Internet and WhatsApp.

Nabha Jail break mastermind arrested in Hong Kong

The accountability court adjourned the proceeding of declaring Hasan and Hussain Nawaz proclaimed offenders on Tuesday after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted a fulfillment report on a process to declared both the brothers escapee.

Corruption references: Hasan, Hussain Nawaz declared proclaimed offenders

Matt and the other escapee were able to obtain power tools while inmates at a New York State maximum-security prison.

To stop bad men

Law enforcement officers have shot and killed one of two prisoners who broke out of a maximum security prison in New York three weeks ago and were pursuing a second escapee near the Canadian border, authorities said.

New York prison escapee killed by police, accomplice still at large

The second escapee, David Sweat, is still on the run, with police in close pursuit, CNN reported, according to Reuters.

One of two escaped New York inmates shot, killed -New

Search is ongoing to arrest the third escapee, Mohannad Abdul Rahman.

ISF arrest two escapees in Roumiyeh outskirts

ESCAPEE: Andrew Farndon and Cowan were arrested along with Karen Legge, 44, Alan Hornall, 33, both from New Cumnock, and a 16-year-old boy by officers from Strathclyde Police in Ayrshire, Scotland.