BONDWOMAN Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

bondwoman

noun

variants also bondswoman

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as in bondman

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The judge at the time amended his bond to $3 million cash only, meaning he would only be released by providing the full amount and not having the sum guaranteed by a bondsman.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Megan Showers' bond was set at $20,000, but the judge gave her the ability to pay 10% through a bail bondsman, prosecutors said.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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The host also suggested that attending a party celebrating the South’s racist, slave-owning past wasn’t considered socially unacceptable when Kirkconnell was photographed at the event.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
The other involves Martha and Elijah (Luke James), a former slave searching for a reason to finally push back and take more than the scraps he’s been given.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2026

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