Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prison-breaking

1 sense of prison-breaking

Sense 1
break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking -- (an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned")
       => escape, flight -- (the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt")