escape artist

noun

: someone (such as a performer or criminal) unusually adept at escaping from confinement

Examples of escape artist in a Sentence

Harry Houdini became famous as an escape artist.

Recent Examples on the Web

Cremaster 5 sprawls across Budapest, where the escape artist was born, with the aging Bond girl Ursula Andress magisterial as a queen — another bee analogy — and Barney in her service. — Zachary Woolfe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2026

Under the circus tent of the ocean, octopuses play the role of contortionists and escape artists, packing themselves itself into spaces too tiny to believe. — Meghan Bartels, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2026

Given mink’s reputation as escape artists, wildlife experts set up traps around infected farms. — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026

Zheng has ​become Flushing Meadows’ most entertaining escape artist this year, coming back from ⁠a 0-5 deficit in the deciding set against third-round foe Madison Keys. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for escape artist

• bonapartist
• chartist
• smartest