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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

master / king of escape

English answer:

master jailbreaker / master escapee

Added to glossary by Sheila Wilson
Jul 17, 2007 20:08
16 yrs ago
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English term

master / king of escape

English Other Linguistics vocabulary
In 1959, Darwin Coon, bank robber and master of escape, was transferred to Alcatraz...

proofreading
Is it possible to use "runaway or flight" instead of escape? Just asking for the sake of variety... as the word "escape" appears many times in the text.
Responses
4 +3 master escapee/ master jailbreaker
3 +4 breakout artist
5 escape artist
4 master of the getaway/master of escape
2 +1 great escapologist/criminal Houdini of his day
Change log

Jul 19, 2007 18:37: Sheila Wilson Created KOG entry

Discussion

Trudy Peters Jul 17, 2007:
@LS - Naaah...
Lakasa Stnorden (asker) Jul 17, 2007:
What about "easy-fleeing bank robber"?
Trudy Peters Jul 17, 2007:
I assume he escaped from other prisons, rather than just running away from the police when they thought they had him cornered?
Lakasa Stnorden (asker) Jul 17, 2007:
what do you think about runaway?

Responses

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master escapee/ master jailbreaker

Another two possibilities. Also master of evasion if he evaded capture for long

BTW I wouldn't use "king" as it usually means the one and only or the very best, rather than one of the best as master implies
Peer comment(s):
agree David Hollywood : I like "jailbreaker"
26 mins
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agree marybro : I also like jailbreaker
2 hrs
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agree vixen : master jailbreaker
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I like jailbreaker. Many many thanks to all of you!!!"
+4
7 mins

breakout artist

in the context you wouldn't really need to specify prison/jail

alternative
Peer comment(s):
agree inmb : I like it!
1 hr
agree David Hollywood : nice too :)
1 hr
agree Olga Layer
5 hrs
agree vixen : I like this one, too!
11 hrs
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+1
7 mins

great escapologist/criminal Houdini of his day

Possibly a bit far from the original, but it may spark some ideas.

HTH
Sara
Peer comment(s):
agree ruthiep : I like 'criminal Houdini of his day'!
48 mins
Thank you, ruthiep.
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2 mins

master of the getaway/master of escape

I would avoid "flight" here ....

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Note added at 3 mins (2007-07-17 20:11:18 GMT)
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Definitions of getaway on the Web:

a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-07-17 20:12:23 GMT)
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"getaway" would mean "escaping" from the scene of the crime rather than prison so hard to improve on "escape" here I'm afraid

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-07-17 20:15:57 GMT)
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maybe: jailbust

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Note added at 34 mins (2007-07-17 20:42:07 GMT)
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although "jailbust" would imply oitside help so .... "escape" :)

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Note added at 34 mins (2007-07-17 20:42:31 GMT)
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"outside help"
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5 hrs

escape artist

In my opinion, the best way of saying it.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : hardly the best way if you want to avoid the word "escape"
12 hrs
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