People fleeing from the law, danger, or pursuit; people running away from something.
From Latin 'fugitivus' (fleeing, fugitive), derived from 'fugere' (to flee). The word has meant 'one who runs away' since Roman times.
The root 'fugere' (to flee) is so old and widespread that it appears in hundreds of English words—refuge, refugee, fugitive—all telling stories of people and things running away from danger.
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