escape artist
Noun
Meaning
A person who is skilled at escaping from confinement, for example from prisons.
An entertainer who performs escapes from perilous situations such as cages, coffins, and straitjackets.
Hyponym: handcuff artist
Synonyms
Examples
American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (born Ehrich Weiss) was so impressed by Robert-Houdin that, after reading his autobiography in 1890, Ehrich adopted the stage name of "Houdini" in honour of Robert-Houdin.
As author Adam Begley portrays him, the great escape artist would have loved this immortality.
"She was surrendered last July because she was an escape artist," Wyant said.
One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house.
That Fleabag is something of an emotional escape artist comes as no surprise (she hates thought prisons almost as much as earnest sex).
The would-be escape artist was Jozsef Szajer, a leading Hungarian MEP and founding member of his country's ruling party.