🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

脱獄

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Datsugoku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Jailbreak/ˈdʒeɪl.breɪk/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼の脱獄計画は非常に巧妙だった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of escaping from jail or prison.

    "The notorious criminal planned a daring jailbreak to regain his freedom."
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove restrictions on a device, allowing unauthorized access to its operating system.

    "He decided to jailbreak his phone to install custom software."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'jailbreak' combines 'jail', derived from the Old French 'jaiole' meaning 'cage', and 'break', from Old English 'brecan', meaning 'to shatter or destroy'. The term evolved in the late 20th century to refer to unauthorized access to devices, particularly smartphones.

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