gotaway

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noun

An illegal immigrant who has successfully entered the country without being apprehended.

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Meanings

noungotaway (plural gotaways)

plural gotaways

  1. USgovernmentAn illegal immigrant who has successfully entered the country without being apprehended.

    Under Biden in 2021, gotaways leaped to almost 390,000 (a 465 percent increase over Trump's last year).

    2024, Troy E. Nehls, Borderless by Design
Cite this entry
APA

gotaway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gotaway

MLA

“gotaway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gotaway. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gotaway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gotaway.

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