Example : The thieves made a clean getaway.
After the expose he had to take it on the lam.

Synonyms : getaway

Example : If you see this man, run!.
The burglars escaped before the police showed up.

Synonyms : break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

Synonyms : flail, thrash, thresh