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
Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Deportation likely Because Riano is not a U.S. citizen, he could be deported if he's paroled from prison.
—Hailey Roden, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025
Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
She was released on parole in 2009 and moved to upstate New York.
—Emilie Stigliani, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
In 1968, Edwards moved to Illinois and enrolled at the old George Williams College in Downers Grove in a program designed to help those who had been paroled from prison.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Deportation likely Because Riano is not a U.S. citizen, he could be deported if he's paroled from prison.
—Hailey Roden, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025
Verb
Like her other books comprising private connections and recollections, Romano preferred to call Le parole a novel rather than a memoir or autobiography, seeing the distinction between fact and fiction as an irrelevant one for literature.
—Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
She was released on parole in 2009 and moved to upstate New York.
—Emilie Stigliani, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parole
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President Luong Cuong also announced last week a major amnesty for 13,920 prisoners who will be released before the end of their jail terms, including 66 foreigners.—
Phuong Nguyen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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At Wednesday’s event, Heidi Garcia, director of KU’s Health Education Resource Office, reminded attendees that the university has an amnesty policy that encourages students to seek medical help for drug- and alcohol-related emergencies without facing conduct violations.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
24 Aug. 2025
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Savannah, who led the charge to obtain pardons for her parents after they were sentenced to federal prison in 2022 on bank fraud and tax evasion charges, learned that her parents would be released less than 24 hours before it was set to happen.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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Memos unearthed from Biden’s term show his aides wanted the president to personally sign pardon decisions and advised against using the autopen on clemency decisions.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So, there are still chances that the AHRQ could get rescued at some point by the House of Representatives.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The girl’s mom got into a kayak, paddled out to the sinking canoe and rescued her daughter, but her boyfriend went underwater, deputies said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps she had been struck over the head and wrapped in fabric and thrown in a crate, to be ransomed.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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What happened to the enslaved individuals or the Archbishop of Goa isn’t clear, though the viceroy was ransomed for $2,000.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 July 2025
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“Parole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parole. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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