usage: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"
Verb
1. scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away, leave, go forth, go away
usage: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
2. run away, escape, get away, break loose
usage: escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
Adjective
1. runaway, uncontrolled (vs. controlled)
usage: completely out of control; "runaway inflation"