BREAKING JAIL
\bɹˈe͡ɪkɪŋ d͡ʒˈe͡ɪl], \bɹˈeɪkɪŋ dʒˈeɪl], \b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_k_ɪ_ŋ dʒ_ˈeɪ_l]\
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The act of a prisoner in effecting his escape from a place of lawful confinement. Escape, while denoting the offense of the prisoner in unlawfully leaving the jail, may also connote the fault or negligence of the sheriff or keeper, and hence is of wider significance than "breaking jail" or "prisonbreach."
By Henry Campbell Black
