evade capture/arrest

idiom

: to avoid being captured/arrested

They have evaded capture/arrest so far.

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In a surprising move, the 29-year-old suspect was seen doing an acrobatic front-forward flip over a fence before continuing his attempt to evade capture. —

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024 Despite escalating pictures of Crooks to command, the would-be assassin managed to evade capture. —

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 July 2024 The defectors were able to evade capture by undercover North Korean police and Chinese officials. —

Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2016 Rousseau, it was revealed, insisted on personally approving all major vandalism operations, in addition to some detailed schemes to evade arrest. —

David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for evade capture/arrest

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