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"fugitive" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often runaway (7 letters).
Definitions
lasting for a markedly brief time
Word origin
From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.
Used in a sentence
“I found afterwards that he was the chauffeur, who filled the gaps left by a succession of fugitive butlers.”
“Her son Thomas was fugitived in the persecution.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Escaped suspect”8 letters
02“Person on the run”8 letters
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