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escape artist

escape artist noun: a person who is skilled at escaping from confinement, for example from prisons.

Noun

escape artist (plural escape artists)

  1. A person who is skilled at escaping from confinement, for example from prisons.
    • Whether he is an escape artist, whether he is a known troublemaker and agitator, fights, and one thing or another. All these things are taken into consideration by the committee before a decision is made.1972, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime, American Prisons in Turmoil: Hearings, page 615
    • They do not mention that if the dog is like Nero, it can be a regular escape artist, pulling out chains or breaking ropes.2001, Claire Rudolf Murphy, Jane G. Haigh, Gold Rush Dogs, page 40
  2. An entertainer who performs escapes from perilous situations such as cages, coffins, and straitjackets.

Forms of escape artist

pluralescape artists

Questions about escape artist

What does escape artist mean?
Escape artist means a person who is skilled at escaping from confinement, for example from prisons.
What part of speech is escape artist?
Escape artist is a noun.
What is the plural of escape artist?
The plural of escape artist is escape artists.

Words near escape artist in the dictionary

  1. escapadoes
  2. escapados
  3. escapage
  4. escapages
  5. escape
  6. escape artist
  7. escape artistry
  8. escape artists
  9. escape character
  10. escape characters
  11. escape clause

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