flight from prosecution

flight from prosecution
n.
The act by someone who has committed an unlawful act of leaving the scene of the crime in an effort to avoid arrest.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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