Buronan

from indonesia

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noun

From indonesia

Definition

A person who is being sought or pursued by authorities due to suspected involvement in criminal activity or legal violations.

Etymology

Derived from the root word 'buru' (to hunt) with the suffix '-an' to form a noun. Historically, the term refers to someone being hunted or chased, which later underwent a semantic shift to denote a person sought by legal authorities.