Fugitive and Prisoner

Fugitive

Fugitive noun - Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice.

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Prisoner and fugitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prisoner" instead a noun "Fugitive".

Prisoner noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.

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Fugitive and prisoner are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fugitive" instead a noun "Prisoner".

Nearby Words: prison, prisoned, prisoning

fellow	fellow fugitive	fellow prisoner
certain	certain fugitive	certain prisoner
alien	alien fugitive	alien prisoner
real	real fugitive	real prisoner
Other adjectives: male, dangerous, young, wanted, nameless, desperate, hapless, hidden, mysterious, titular, insane, escaped, runaway, elderly, convicted.

This is how Michael Weston gets to a fugitive on the lam in the Burn Notice episode "Friendly Fire." Michael plays the prisoner.

Source: Trojan Prisoner
In episode 3, Ángel, the Spanish fugitive that was forced to show the time door to the Nazis, is killed as soon as they take Lola Mendieta prisoner.

Source: Series / El Ministerio del Tiempo
Marshals are searching a house for one of the fugitive prisoners, the prisoner grabs one of them and uses him to prevent Gerard from shooting him.

Source: Human Shield

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