1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. kSwcrflai, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to slip out of, get away), a verb meaning to get away from, especially from impending danger or harm, to avoid capture, to regain one's liberty after capture. As a substantive, " escape," in law, is the regaining of liberty by one in custody contrary to due process of law…
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