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flight n. running away or hiding by a person officially accused of a crime with the apparent intent of avoiding arrest or prosecution.

flight noun absconding, avoidance, decampment, departing, departure, desertion, disappearance, effugium, elusion, evacuation, evasion, exodus, fleeing, fuga, hasty departure, hegira, leaving, removal, retreat, running away
Associated concepts: flight from justice, fugitive from justice, unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
See also: abandonment, desertion, evasion
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Later in the year - as the leaves drop from the trees - large numbers of birdwatchers descend upon the Loch of Strathbeg (roughly 40 miles north of Aberdeen) - to watch displays of flighting geese.
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