| 单词 | prison breaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprison breaking prison breaking n. an escape from prison; cf. to break prison or jail at break v. 19. ΚΠ 1710 W. J. Common & Statute Law Eng. Treason 401 For Prison Breaking, and Escapes. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. ix. 147 He was tried again for prison breaking, and got made a Lifer. 1924 J. B. Cabell Straws & Prayer-bks. 93 That art is a criticism of life, appears a favorite apothegm... Yet the statement is true enough, in the sense that prison-breaking is a criticism of the penitentiary. 2002 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 6 A Crown Office spokeswoman said: ‘A 30-year-old man appeared on petition at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday charged with prison breaking’. < as lemmas |
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