lam

Kaçış (özellikle polisten)

Flight or escape, especially from the law (usually in phrase 'on the lam').

• The criminal is on the lam.
• He's been on the lam for three weeks.
• The fugitive remained on the lam for nearly six months before authorities finally located him in a neighboring country.
• Historical accounts describe how political dissidents went on the lam to avoid persecution during periods of authoritarian rule.
• After embezzling company funds, the accountant went on the lam and assumed a false identity to evade law enforcement.
• Journalists investigating organized crime documented how suspects on the lam often relied on networks of accomplices to remain hidden.

Eş anlamlılar: flight, escape, run

Kaçmak

To flee hastily; to escape.

• They lammed out of town before dawn.
• He decided to lam before the police arrived.

Eş anlamlılar: flee, escape, run away

Zıt anlamlılar: stay, remain