evaso

Evaso is the masculine singular past participle of evadere in Italian, used as an adjective to describe someone who has escaped from confinement, or as a noun ('l'evaso') referring to an escaped person or fugitive. The feminine form is evasa and the plural forms are evasi (masc.) and evase (fem.).

Etymology: from Latin evadere, literally "to go out" or "to escape", from e- (out) + vadere (to go).

Usage: In criminal justice, 'un detenuto evaso' denotes a prisoner who has escaped; in media usage, 'l'evaso' serves as a concise label in headlines. In tax matters, the common noun is 'evasore' or the phrase 'evasione fiscale' for the act of tax evasion; 'evasore fiscale' is the person who commits it.

See also: evadere, evasione, evasore.