verb

jailbreak

to break out of jail, to jailbreak

The prisoners planned to jailbreak at night.

The prisoners planned to break out of jail at night.

He decided to jailbreak his phone for more features.

He decided to jailbreak his phone for more features.

to jailbreak ((sth.)) to remove software restrictions from (sth.) He wants to jailbreak his new phone.

to jailbreak to escape from prison The two men planned to jailbreak.

Synonyms: escape, break out; Antonyms: imprison, capture

A compound of 'jail' (a prison) and 'break' (to escape).

Literally to 'break' out of 'jail'. For tech, imagine breaking the device's software 'jail'.

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