prisonbreak
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Definition
Noun: - An escape from jail or prison: The act of one or more prisoners unlawfully getting free from a place of confinement. It implies a deliberate, often planned, effort to overcome security measures.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The daring prisonbreak was the lead story on every news channel.
- Authorities increased patrols after learning of a possible prisonbreak.
- The film dramatizes the famous prisonbreak from Alcatraz.
Advanced Usage
- "to stage/engineer a prisonbreak": To carefully plan and execute an escape from prison.
- The inmates conspired to stage a prisonbreak using smuggled tools.
Variants and Related Words
- Breakout (noun): A synonym often used interchangeably with "prisonbreak."
- The prison breakout was foiled by guards.
- Jailbreak (noun): A very close synonym, specifically emphasizing escape from jail.
- The software modification is often called a "jailbreak."
- Escape (noun/verb): A more general term for getting free from confinement or danger.
- Their escape from the prison was successful.
Synonyms
- Breakout
- Jailbreak
- Escape
- Getaway (in this specific context)
Related Phrases
- "to break out of prison": The verbal phrase describing the action of a prisonbreak.
- The convicts managed to break out of prison through a tunnel.
Noun
- an escape from jail
- the breakout was carefully planned