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

1. an escape from jail
   • the breakout was carefully planned