The policeman caught fleeing thief by the arm.
Source: tatoeba (238141)
Fleeing
/ˈfliːɪŋ/
Synonyms for "fleeing" (44 found)
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12 entriesactionadjective formbehaviorcrimedisplacement verbescape verbgrammatical formhuman migrationillegal actmotion verbparticiplepopulation movement
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14 entriesact of fleeingflee from dangerflee the countryflee the sceneflee to safetyfleeing civiliansfleeing criminalsfleeing dangerfleeing from dangerfleeing from persecutionfleeing populationfleeing refugeesfleeing suspectrate of fleeing
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The policeman caught the fleeing thief by the arm.
Source: tatoeba (238324)
As if fleeing, he left the vegetable aisle to go to the meat corner.
Source: tatoeba (327947)
The Berlin wall was built to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
Source: tatoeba (2335062)
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