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Ian’s Legal Fact of the Week 4/22/13: The Origins of ‘On the Lam’

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Ian C. PilarczykApril 24, 2013

Events of this past week in Boston prompted me to look into the origins of an expression I heard quite often on the news: on the lam. Meaning to be a fugitive from the law, the etymology of this idiomatic expression … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal Fact of the Week | Tagged fugitive from the law, legal idiom, lemja, on the lam, to run away, vamoose, vamos
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