noun
- Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation.
- usage: "fugitives from the sweatshops"
- Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice.
- synonyms: fugitive from justice
adjective
- Lasting for a markedly brief time.
- usage: "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
- synonyms: fleeting, momentaneous, momentary
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