0 someone who has been accused of a crime and is considered likely to try to escape out of the country or area before their trial begins:
The Magistrate ruled that they were flight risks and ordered them held without bail.
The prosecutor argued against bail, describing the women as flight risks.
He would be eligible for bail because he represented no flight risk.
His status as a material witness - as well as questions about his flight risk - meant he needed to be kept in custody.
Judges usually deny bond requests on long sentences because of flight risk.