How to Spell escape
escape
escape - verb
- To get away (as by flight)
- To issue from confinement
- To run wild from cultivation
- To avoid a threatening evil
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"escaped from prison"
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French escaper, eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappare, from Latin ex- + Late Latin cappa head covering, cloak