Melarikan

Melarikan is an Indonesian verb that generally means to cause someone or something to go away, or to take away from a place. It can refer to moving an object to another location or to causing a person to depart. In everyday language, it often implies removal or evasion carried out by another party, rather than the subject acting alone.

A common reflexive form is melarikan diri, which means to escape. This usage describes a person leaving a location to avoid danger, pursuit, or responsibility. The expression is widespread in news reports, legal contexts, and ordinary conversation when discussing fleeing from a situation or authorities.

Melarikan can also appear in transitive constructions with an explicit object, indicating that someone is being taken away or moved. In such cases, the nuance tends toward removal by another actor, sometimes with coercive or deceptive overtones, though the exact sense depends on context and accompanying words. For example, phrases describing someone taking another person away or removing something from a place typically rely on melarikan to convey the act of relocation.

In usage, melarikan is a standard verb found in dictionaries and Indonesian texts. It is used across formal and informal speech, including reporting, storytelling, and everyday narration, with meanings anchored in movement, departure, or escape. Related terms include pelarian (a noun referring to an act of escaping) and melarikan diri as the common expression for fleeing.