as in amnesty
permission given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of a sentence usually as a reward for behaving well
The prisoner will be eligible for parole after three years. He was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
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Recent Examples of parole
Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
The 1966 law says that after one year in the U.S. migrants inspected by immigration authorities and admitted or paroled into the country are entitled to apply for permanent residency.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
The couple applied for military parole in place, a program designed to allow certain undocumented relatives of U.S. service members to remain in the country during the adjustment of status process.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Noun
The recipients who received the notifications were paroled into the U.S. through the CBP One app during the Biden administration, according to immigration lawyers and refugee resettlement groups.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
The 1966 law says that after one year in the U.S. migrants inspected by immigration authorities and admitted or paroled into the country are entitled to apply for permanent residency.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Verb
Orozco said that will have a devastating effect for countries in Central America along with the four nations — Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela — that were recently part of a Biden-era humanitarian parole program now being targeted by the Trump administration.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
The couple applied for military parole in place, a program designed to allow certain undocumented relatives of U.S. service members to remain in the country during the adjustment of status process.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parole
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European powers had withdrawn the crew’s belligerent status, and the new American president, Andrew Johnson, had excluded them from the general amnesty offered to Confederate soldiers.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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The state is reviving a tax amnesty program and diverting $137 million from the road fund to cover state employee health benefits, a move analysts warn could weaken long-term infrastructure funding.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
16 June 2025
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Todd and Julie were released from prison on May 28 after receiving full pardons from President Donald Trump one day prior.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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On May 28, Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr. were two of the sixteen recipients of Trump’s full pardons after the pair were convicted in 2020 of theft of property within special maritime jurisdiction.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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Another group, Project Dynamo, which had rescued Americans evacuating Afghanistan in 2021, used its connections to fly a group of touring veterans from Israel to Miami.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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In return, prosecutors alleged, Madigan used his influence over the General Assembly to help ComEd score a series of huge legislative victories that not only rescued the company from financial instability but led to record-breaking, billion-dollar profits.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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This could suggest that while attackers are targeting more victims, fewer are giving in to ransom demands.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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While Mikhail managed to escape by climbing out a window and taking refuge in a nearby nunnery, the men took his son hostage, and Mikhail was not able to ransom him until several days later.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Parole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parole. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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