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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPrison Break
/ˈprɪz.ən breɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An act of escaping from a prison or other correctional facility.
"The police launched a massive manhunt following a daring prison break." - 2
The illicit departure or fleeing of a detained person from custody.
"Security cameras captured the exact moment of the prison break."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'prison', derived from the Old French 'prisun' and Latin 'comprehensio', with 'break', stemming from Old English 'brecan'. It emerged in modern judicial and popular lexicon to describe the unauthorized departure of inmates from a correctional facility.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Prison Break" is said worldwide
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évasion
Transliteration: évasion
"Il y a eu une évasion cette nuit."
Gefängnisausbruch
Transliteration: Gefängnisausbruch
"Der Gefängnisausbruch alarmierte die ganze Stadt."
evasione
Transliteration: evasione
"La polizia ha sventato un'evasione."
fuga de la cárcel
Transliteration: fuga de la cárcel
"Hubo una fuga de la cárcel ayer por la noche."
fuga da prisão
Transliteration: fuga da prisao
"A fuga da prisão foi planejada durante meses."
जेल से भागना
Transliteration: jail se bhaagna
"कैदियों ने जेल से भागने की योजना बनाई।"
越狱
Transliteration: yuèyù
"这起越狱事件震惊了全城。"
탈옥
Transliteration: talok
"죄수들이 탈옥을 시도했습니다."
脱獄
Transliteration: datsugoku
"その脱獄犯はまだ捕まっていない。"
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