on the lam
idiom
US, informal
: trying to avoid being caught by the police
two escaped convicts on the lam
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In Haiti, meanwhile, a trio of Haitian Americans with ties to South Florida are being held, among more than 40 people who have been arrested there, while still others remain on the lam.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
David Jerome Jackson had been on the lam after the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office reported officials identified him as a suspect in connection to a March 15 shooting in Pensacola.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
Her films are naturalistic portraits of everyday people, often at the edges of society: teenagers on the lam in America, a rebellious 15-year-old struggling to break free of her circumstances in lower-class London.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2024
Listen to this article The young squatter couple accused of beating a Manhattan woman to death and stuffing her body in a duffel bag went on a wild shopping spree, got engaged while on the lam and even bought a diamond ring with the victim’s credit card to seal the deal, authorities said Thursday.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
David Jerome Jackson had been on the lam after the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office reported officials identified him as a suspect in connection to a March 15 shooting in Pensacola.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
Her films are naturalistic portraits of everyday people, often at the edges of society: teenagers on the lam in America, a rebellious 15-year-old struggling to break free of her circumstances in lower-class London.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2024
Listen to this article The young squatter couple accused of beating a Manhattan woman to death and stuffing her body in a duffel bag went on a wild shopping spree, got engaged while on the lam and even bought a diamond ring with the victim’s credit card to seal the deal, authorities said Thursday.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
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