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1. An escape from jail
   "the jailbreak was carefully planned";
   - break, breakout, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking

1. (technology) bypass digital rights management or file protection systems, for example to allow any code to be run on a previously restricted device
   "The recent firmware update has been jailbroken today"

Derived forms: jailbroken, jailbreaking, jailbreaks, jailbroke

Type of: escape, flight

Encyclopedia: Jailbreak