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PRISON-BREAKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prison-breaking mean?
• PRISON-BREAKING (noun)
The noun PRISON-BREAKING has 1 sense:
1. an escape from jail
Familiarity information: PRISON-BREAKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An escape from jail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
break; breakout; gaolbreak; jailbreak; prison-breaking; prisonbreak
Context example:
the breakout was carefully planned
Hypernyms ("prison-breaking" is a kind of...):
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