单词 | prison breaker |
释义 | > as lemmasprison breaker prison breaker n. a prisoner who escapes from prison. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > one who escapes > from confinement or the law fugitive1382 prison breaker1704 evader1754 refugee1754 absentee1803 escapee1875 escapado1881 escapist1934 jackrabbit1980 1704 T. Wood New Inst. Imperial or Civil Law iii. x. 287 Prison Breakers also may be punished extraordinarily according to the discretion of the Judge. 1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 125 A notoriously desperate prison-breaker. 1945 J. M. Thompson French Revol. 217 The queen, in every fibre of her being, was a rebel and a prison-breaker. 2004 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 21 Apr. 2 One of the most renowned prison breakers was safecracker ‘Gentle’ Johnny Ramensky, who escaped from Peterhead five times in the 1950s. < as lemmas |
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