escapee

🇺🇸 /ɪˌskeɪˈpiː/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˌskeɪˈpiː/
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noun
R

someone who has gotten away from a place they were not supposed to leave, like a prisoner who runs away from jail.

The police are on the lookout for the escapee who vanished from the jail last night.

translation

n. someone who has gotten away from a place they were not supposed to leave, like a prisoner who runs away from jail.

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Plural escapees