Fugitive (noun)

1. A person who is fleeing from custody, especially a person who is seeking to avoid arrest or imprisonment.
2. A person who is avoiding capture or pursuit, especially one who is running away from home or the law.
3. A person who is constantly moving or changing and cannot be relied on.
4. A thing that is elusive or evasive.
5. A person or thing that is escaping from something.

Origin:

Middle english: from latin fugitivus, from fugire "to flee".

Examples:

1. The police were searching for the fugitive who escaped from prison.
2. The young man was a fugitive from justice, wanted for multiple crimes.
3. The fugitive had been on the run for months, evading capture by the authorities.
4. The company was struggling to find a solution for the fugitive emissions problem.
5. The fugitive creature managed to slip away from its captors and escape into the wilderness.