avoid capture
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
To successfully stay away from being caught.
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Examples (10)
- The escaped prisoner did everything he could to avoid capture.
- For months, the notorious hacker managed to avoid capture by using sophisticated techniques.
- The clever fox twisted and turned through the forest to avoid capture by the hounds.
- Despite a nationwide search, the fugitive continued to avoid capture for over a year.
- Moving only at night, the refugees hoped to avoid capture and reach the border safely.
- The spy had been trained in advanced evasion techniques to avoid capture in enemy territory.
- He narrowly avoided capture when the police raided his hideout just minutes after he left.
- After the bank robbery, the gang split up to increase their chances of avoiding capture.
- The rebel leader has successfully avoided capture by hiding in the remote mountains.
- Intelligence agencies are working together to ensure the terrorist cannot avoid capture for much longer.