flight risk
Americannoun
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the possibility that a person awaiting a criminal hearing or trial will flee instead of staying to attend their trial.
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a person awaiting a criminal hearing or trial who is considered likely to flee instead of staying to attend their trial.
Example Sentences
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Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle later confirmed he had passed information to the Metropolitan Police suggesting Lord Mandelson could be a flight risk.
From BBC
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle on Wednesday confirmed he had passed on information to the force suggesting Lord Mandelson could be a flight risk.
From BBC
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has said he passed on information on Lord Mandelson to the police, appearing to confirm reports he told the Metropolitan Police the peer was a flight risk.
From BBC
Lord Mandelson's lawyers have said police officers arrested the former ambassador to the US at his London home on Monday afternoon because they worried he was a flight risk.
From BBC
But release on bond was still a real possibility for those who could show that they did not pose a flight risk or danger to the community.
From Slate
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