escapee
noun
es·cap·ee
i-ˌskā-ˈpē 
ˌe-(ˌ)skā-,
ˌe-skə-
: one that has escaped
especially
: an escaped prisoner
Examples of escapee in a Sentence
an escapee from the local jail
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Police have described the escapees as very young females weighing just 6 to 7 pounds who had not yet been used in research.
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Last week's escapees were described as very young Rhesus macaque females weighing just 6 to 7 pounds and, as yet, unexposed to research.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Leatherface adapts the titular killer’s origin story as a bit of a mystery, focusing on a handful of escapees from a mental hospital.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
One of the escapees shot and killed a prison guard.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 July 2024
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Last week's escapees were described as very young Rhesus macaque females weighing just 6 to 7 pounds and, as yet, unexposed to research.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Leatherface adapts the titular killer’s origin story as a bit of a mystery, focusing on a handful of escapees from a mental hospital.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
One of the escapees shot and killed a prison guard.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 July 2024
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“Escapee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escapee. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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escapee
noun
es·cap·ee
is-ˌkāp-ˈē
: one that has escaped
especially
: an escaped prisoner
Legal Definition
escapee
noun
es·ca·pee
is-ˌkā-ˈpē, ˌes-kā-
: a person who escapes
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