Fu″gi‐tive (?), n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
2. Something hard to be caught or detained.
Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. Harte.
Fugitive from justice(Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.