Cliche of the Week 7 – Fled the Scene

Armed men rarely calmly walk away from a robbery. They flee.

 "The suspects fled the scene in a dark blue Chevrolet Impala with silver trim on the trunk." (June 4, The Herald, South Carolina)

 Fled the scene is used about 4,000 times a month in crime reporting round the world.

Read the full Cliche of the week report, Villains flee the scene often and everywhere,  in the Australian newspaper.

Police reporting is a rich field for cliches. I was in India last week where newspapers referred to...