jailbreak

3 definitions • 6 examples

an escape from prison:

Three prisoners were involved in a dawn jailbreak today.

Police suspect that prison employees assisted the jailbreak.

the act of making changes to a piece of technology so you can use it in a way that was not intended by the company or person that produced it, and may not be allowed:

The phone upgrade isn't worth doing a jailbreak for.

to make changes to a piece of technology so you can use it in a way that was not intended by the company or person that produced it, and may not be allowed:

He said he would jailbreak his phone to get the features.

You can jailbreak the chatbot to make it do things it doesn't normally do.

People sometimes jailbreak in order to pirate apps.