flight risk
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]flight risk (usually uncountable, plural flight risks)
- (law, uncountable) The possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond if granted bail.
- The court took flight risk into consideration when deciding bail for Mr Smith.
- (law, countable) A person who is considered likely to abscond.
- The court refused to grant Mr Smith bail as he was considered a flight risk.
Translations
[edit]possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond