jailbreak
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈdʒeɪlˌbreɪk/
:
fuga de la cárcel
- After weeks of planning, the group successfully executed a jailbreak from the maximum-security facility.
- plan a jailbreak
Examples
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I must inform you there's been a daring jailbreak.
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Meanwhile, in related news, authorities continue the search for Floyd Henderson and Louis Hinds, following a daring jailbreak early this morning.
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Did you folks hear about the jailbreak?
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I've seen a lot of jailbreak movies.
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I got a feeling in my bones there's gonna be a jailbreak any minute.
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My favorite was the 24-hour police guard assigned to Brown after an attempted jailbreak.
Fiction book (1992) -
Any jailbreak's a risky proposition.
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He is also linked to the breaking of 151 prisoners out of jail and the killing of a U.S. citizen in 2010; the jailbreak was the largest in recent Mexican history.
Blog text (31) -
The jailbreak occurred during the night, allowing several inmates to escape without being detected.
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He read about a famous jailbreak in history that involved an intricate system of tunnels.
Synonyms
127
4.4
A sudden escape from a place or control
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7.1
An escape from prison or jail that happens suddenly and often uses force
A planned escape from prison
An escape from prison done by force or secret planning
An act of leaving prison illegally or helping others leave prison
An escape from prison by one or more people
Antonyms
How Organized
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Morphology
Etymology
Jailbreak comes from putting jail and break together, so it literally means 'a breaking out of jail'. That's why a jailbreak means an escape from prison.