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uncollared

uncollared

8.5
Not caught by the police after a crime
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnˈkɒlɚd/
  • Literature
translation icon : sin arrestar
  • The suspect remained uncollared for weeks after the robbery.

Examples

  • The news reported that the most wanted criminal is still uncollared.

  • Despite several leads, the authorities have not yet found the uncollared fugitive.

  • The suspect remains uncollared despite the ongoing investigation.

  • Why is he still uncollared after all this time?

  • The authorities are frustrated that the suspect has remained uncollared following the robbery.

  • After escaping custody, the uncollared felon was spotted in several neighborhoods.

  • Despite a city-wide alert, the police report that the dangerous criminal remains uncollared.

Synonyms

uncaptured
vsuncollared
1 5.8

Not caught or recorded, for example by a camera

is limited to not being in police custody rather than any uncollected item
undetained
vsuncollared
1 6.8

Not held and free to go

is about not being taken into police custody rather than only not delayed
unapprehended
vsuncollared
  • Specialized
8.8

A person who police have not caught after a crime

is about not being in police custody generally rather than a temporary phase
unbagged
vsuncollared
  • Jargon
8.4

Still free because no hunter or collector has caught it

is used for people not in police custody rather than hunted things

Surface Forms

uncollared positive

Morphology

uncollared = collared (transparent) = un + collar + ed

Clear negation by the productive prefix 'un-' applied to 'collared' (the past participle/adjective of 'collar' meaning 'to seize/arrest'), so the sense 'not arrested' is directly derived.

Etymology

Uncollared is made of un- 'not' and collar, and collar came to mean 'to catch' someone, as when an officer grabs a suspect by the neck. So an uncollared person is someone who has not been caught or arrested.