35
fugitive(noun, person, escape, seek, rebel)
24
escapee(noun, person, seek, criminal, oppression)
19
immigrant(noun, alien, settler, foreigner, stranger)
15
runaway(noun, person, seek, criminal, oppression)
11
outcast(noun, person, accepted, oppression, exile)
10
exile(noun, person, rebel, oppression, outlaw)
10
foreigner(noun, person, oppression, foreigner, stranger)
10
expatriate(noun, person, oppression, country, exile)
10
evacuee(noun, person, oppression, exile, outlaw)
8
deserter(noun, person, rebel, oppression, exile)
8
emigrant(noun, person, oppression, exile, traveler)
6
displaced person(noun, expression, idiom, person, oppression)
3
renegade(noun, person, oppression)
2
alien(noun, person, being, oppression, foreigner)
2
runagate(noun, avoidance, exile, outlaw, outcast)
2
escaper(criminal, exile, outlaw, outcast, runaway)
2
foundling(noun, person, oppression, traveler)
2
maroon(noun, person, oppression, avoidance)
2
outlander(noun, foreigner)
2
pariah(noun, outcast)
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