Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailbirds
Noun
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Along with alleged abuse by guards, the documentary exposes alarming living conditions for prisoners who are stacked in barracks like cord wood.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025 -
To put my name down would bother the man, and the prisoners who organized these events knew this.—
John J. Lennon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nester is one of Utah’s leading defense lawyers and worked for the Obama administration on an advisory board for convicts seeking clemency.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Inevitably, Burgess said, after the battery of lawyers have disappeared and the camera lights have faded, the reality of life in prison sets in for many convicts.—
Ian Berry,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sheriff’s office estimated 30 inmates were involved in the incident.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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The company offers transportation services for inmates and detainees, electronic monitoring products, privatized healthcare for those in detention as well as financing, design and construction services for correctional facilities.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Jailbirds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbirds. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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