prison break
Fleeing the penitentiary
A prison break is an escape from jail or prison, especially one involving force, planning, or dramatic circumstances.
The term emphasizes the active breaking out rather than simply walking away: The prison break involved tunneling under the walls.
It can extend figuratively to any escape from confinement or restriction.
Digging underground passages
- lockpickLock-opening implement
- jailbreakEscape from custody
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
flee · bolt · abscond · extraction · evasion · vanish · runaway · escapee
Basic unit of life
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- inmateConfined facility resident
shackles · solitary · yard · lockdown · sentence · penitentiary · correctional · convict
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
infiltration · distraction · forgery · bribery · sabotage · deception · smuggling · timing
tunneling
Digging underground passages
getaway · flee · bolt · abscond · extraction · evasion · vanish · runaway · escapee
cell
Basic unit of life
inmate · shackles · solitary · yard · lockdown · sentence · penitentiary · correctional · convict · maximum security
scheme
Calculated strategy, often secretive
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
surveillance · infiltration · distraction · forgery · bribery · sabotage · deception · smuggling · timing · accomplice
- action genresmartial arts, kung fu, spy, western, war films
- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- breakbreakaway, breakdown, breakthrough, breakup, heartbreak
- chase gamestag, freeze tag, hide and seek, capture the flag, cops and robbers
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- Escape Termsget away, run away, escape route, getaway, jailbreak
prison breakincarceration
Confinement in jail
imprisonment · arrest · capture · detention · recapture
prison breakparole
Conditional early release
release · discharge · early release · probation · commutation
prison breaklockdown
Enforced restriction on movement
maximum security · solitary confinement · recapture · apprehension · containment
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