1 day ago · "EXTREMELY DANGEROUS" -- The manhunt continues for three inmates who escaped the DeKalb County Jail and may be armed, including one described as extremely …

1 a : to get away (as by flight) escaped from prison b : to issue from confinement : leak out

2 days ago · Three inmates who had escaped from a county jail just east of Atlanta are back in custody, according to a news release Tuesday from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Meaning of escaped in English escaped adjective [ before noun ] uk / ɪˈskeɪpt / us

If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it. A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England.

escaped, escaping to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty. to escape from jail. Synonyms: decamp, abscond, flee to slip away from pursuit or peril; avoid …

[transitive, no passive] escape somebody/something to be forgotten or not noticed Her name escapes me (= I can't remember it). It might have escaped your notice, but I'm very busy at the …

escaped adjective Fleeing or having fled, as from home, confinement, captivity, or justice:

to avoid (capture, punishment, injury, or the like): [~ + object] The town escaped the worst of the storm. [no object] managed to escape with only cuts and bruises.

Definitions of escaped adjective having escaped, especially from confinement “searching for two escaped prisoners” synonyms: at large, loose, on the loose free able to act at will; not …