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also bondsman
as in slave
a person who is considered the property of another person
would rather die as an insurgent than live as a bondman
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Recent Examples of bondman
Cole works in the office of a bail bondsman in northern Virginia, the charging document states.
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
Plus, bail bondsmen are the ultimate local rent seekers.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Such a bond limits a defendant from relying on a bail bondsman and the use of collateral.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
Plus, bail bondsmen are the ultimate local rent seekers.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Such a bond limits a defendant from relying on a bail bondsman and the use of collateral.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bondman
slave
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But Aden also holds the hotel where Rimbaud once lived, while working as an arms dealer, as well as slave trader, according to some biographies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Using the database, one study suggests that open resistance may have occurred in as many as 10 percent of slave voyages.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Bondman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondman. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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