a patient or inmate who escapes from an institution by walking away when not being supervised or guarded
Word origin
[1885–90; n. use of v. phrase walk away]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: lineup, roller coaster, scrum, seminar, zoom
Examples of 'walkaway' in a sentence
walkaway
This maximum 'walkaway price' is often mistaken for the 'expected fee', the report found.