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running from the police. (Underworld.) //Richard has been on the lam for a week now. The gang leader broke out of prison and is still on the lam.// See also: [|lam] McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
 * on the lam**

**on the lam** (//mainly American informal//) running away from the police or someone in authority in order to escape going to prison //He finally gave himself up to the police after 12 years on the lam.// See also: [|lam] // Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. // Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.

**on the lam** moving from place to place to avoid being found or caught //She got in trouble in the â€™70s and was captured after 23 years on the lam.// Usage notes: usually said about someone who is avoiding the police Related vocabulary: [|on the run] See also: [|lam] // Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms // Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.