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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
In court documents, the FBI said Cole lives with his mother and other family members in Woodbridge, Virginia, and works in a bail bondsman's office.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
In recent and far less violent times, bail bondsmen have employed private detectives and bounty hunters to track down bail jumpers, and the U.S. Department of Justice has rewarded whistleblowers who uncover immigration violations in the workplace.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2025
Anaheim city spokesman Mike Lyster said the city was aware that the bail bondsman would be operating in the western part of the city on Dec. 2 to take a man into custody for whom the bondsman had posted bail.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 7 Dec. 2025
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Noun
In Florida, a defendant usually pays 10% of the total bond amount to a bondsman to bail out of jail.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
In court documents, the FBI said Cole lives with his mother and other family members in Woodbridge, Virginia, and works in a bail bondsman's office.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
In recent and far less violent times, bail bondsmen have employed private detectives and bounty hunters to track down bail jumpers, and the U.S. Department of Justice has rewarded whistleblowers who uncover immigration violations in the workplace.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2025
Anaheim city spokesman Mike Lyster said the city was aware that the bail bondsman would be operating in the western part of the city on Dec. 2 to take a man into custody for whom the bondsman had posted bail.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 7 Dec. 2025
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“Bondsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bondsman. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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bondsman
1 of 2 noun
bonds·man
ˈbän(d)z-mən 
: bondman
bondsman
2 of 2 noun
: one who gives a bond or bail for another
Legal Definition
bondsman
noun
bonds·man
ˈbändz-mən
: one who accepts responsibility as surety for the obligations of another and especially for bail
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