Definition of jailbreak
: a forcible escape from jail
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Today, members of that team include Jordan Rabet, whom David noticed after Rabet showed off an impressive Nintendo 3DS jailbreak in a 2014 YouTube video.
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Several cases of theft have been reported to police since the jailbreak, and Hirano’s fingerprints have been detected.
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War empowers al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula As the coalition campaign began, AQAP increased its numbers and war chest by staging a massive jailbreak, seizing military hardware and robbing the central bank.
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Turns out there’d been a jailbreak from the Pine Street Hotel and the two fellows on the lam were in our back yard.
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One of the main reasons to strengthen the makeshift camps in Syria is to prevent any jailbreaks, like one in February in which a handful of Islamic State fighters escaped, military officials said.
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The pair also famously orchestrated a cinematic jailbreak — the 1996 escape from a maximum-security prison via helicopter.
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In a Facebook video, which has amassed nearly 100,000 views and over 1,000 shares, Orsini films the unusual jailbreak.
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Konecny’s mid-ice strip on the right triggered the jailbreak, and his saucer pass to Giroux from Bobrovsky’s left side to Giroux’s stick on the other side was on the tape.
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First Known Use of jailbreak
1910
JAILBREAK Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of jailbreak for English Language Learners
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: an escape from jail or prison
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Definition of jailbreak for Students
: escape from prison by force
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