Houdini, for example

• Game played when up against difficult case, meaning one may be tied up at work?
• Someone who gets tied up at work?
• Someone who is expert in the art of escaping

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had remembered what the escapologist had taught him! ▪ The would-be statesman is now an aspirant escapologist .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An entertainer skilled in the art of escapology.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who is expert in the art of escaping [syn: escape expert ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
performer who specializes in getting out of confinement, 1926; see escape + -ologist . Related: Escapology .