JAILBREAK
break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
(noun) an escape from jail; “the breakout was carefully planned”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jailbreak (plural jailbreaks)
An escape from prison.
Verb
jailbreak (third-person singular simple present jailbreaks, present participle jailbreaking, simple past jailbroke, past participle jailbroken)
To escape from prison.
(transitive, computing) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.
Synonym: root
Usage notes
• The inflected forms of jailbreak are very rare for the sense "escape from prison".
Source: Wiktionary
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