A fugitive's a person who's fleeing from custody, whether it be from private slavery, a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals. As a verbal metaphor and psychological concept, one might also be described as a "fugitive from oneself". Finally, the literary sense of "fugitive" includes the meaning of simply "fleeing". Interpol's the international authority for the pursuit of trans-border fugitives. Europol's the European au… (More on Fugitive)