S: (v) break, break out, break away (move away or escape suddenly) "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
S: (v) elude, evade, bilk (escape, either physically or mentally) "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
S: (v) exfiltrate (escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control)
S: (v) slip (move smoothly and easily) "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
S: (v) run away (escape from the control of) "Industry is running away with us all"
S: (v) escape, get away (remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion) "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
S: (v) high-tail, hightail (retreat at full speed) "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant"
S: (v) defect, desert (desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army) "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
S: (v) rat (desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage)