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Recent Examples of jailbird
And these seven crooked cops are just the tip of the MSP jailbird iceberg.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
At no point has the jailbird shown contrition for her crimes.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.
—Jemal Polson, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Becomes a jailbird at a high-security zoo after he’s caught, with the newest Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, finding Feathers, all these years later, hell-bent on getting even with the duo who locked him up.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third husband who also ended an embezzler and a jailbird.
—Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
At no point has the jailbird shown contrition for her crimes.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.
—Jemal Polson, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Becomes a jailbird at a high-security zoo after he’s caught, with the newest Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, finding Feathers, all these years later, hell-bent on getting even with the duo who locked him up.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third husband who also ended an embezzler and a jailbird.
—Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailbird
Noun
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Griner served 10 months before being released as part of a prisoner exchange.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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At the memorial site of Auschwitz, located in an area of southern Poland which was under German occupation during World War II, former prisoners laid flowers and wreaths at a wall where German forces executed thousands of prisoners.—
Vanessa Gera,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Charles Victor Thompson.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Infrastructure issues flagged decades earlier still leave inmates housed under leaking roofs and failing electrical systems.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to its army.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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To replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to its army.—
Kamila Hrabchuk,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Even if Toni did get away with one last con, a bleak mood lingers over the credits; even if he wasn't killed, Toni has elected to live a new life as hollow and deceptive as one of his forgeries.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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There could be more headlines of a boycott, pro or con, coming our way in the near future.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Jailbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbird. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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