jailbreak

English

Noun

jailbreak (plural jailbreaks)

1. An escape from prison

Translations

an escape from prison

• German: Gefängnisausbruch (de) m
• Japanese: 脱獄 (ja) (datsugoku, だつごく)

• Spanish: fuga (es) f; huida (es) f de cárcel
• Turkish: hapisten kaçış (tr)/kaçma (tr)

Verb

jailbreak (third-person singular simple present jailbreaks, present participle jailbreaking, simple past jailbroke, past participle jailbroken)

1. To escape from prison.
2. (transitive) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.

Usage notes

• The inflected forms of jailbreak are very rare for the sense "escape from prison".