jailbreak

/JH EY1 L B R EY0 K/
noun
  1. 1

    An escape from prison.

verb
  1. 1

    To escape from prison.

  2. 2

    To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jailbreak