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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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Noun
He was paroled in January 2010 and discharged from parole in July 2012. Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025 The California Parole Board on Friday rejected Lyle Menendez‘s bid for release, a day after a separate panel refused to parole his brother Erik. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
Robinson had been on parole for less than three years at the time of the 2023 attack, officials said. Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Members of the parole board have received threats after being incorrectly blamed for the release on social media. Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parole
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Noun
  • Its members would seek amnesty or leave Gaza for exile abroad.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The plan does provide the opportunity for remaining Hamas members to decommission their arms and receive amnesty.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to take up her appeal, leaving a pardon or clemency as perhaps her only remaining legal avenue to reduce or remove her sentence.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The acknowledgment came amid a broader conversation about clemency, sparked by questions over the potential pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Season 3 picks up with the Monster Association arc, as S-class heroes band together to rescue a hostage taken by monsters claiming affiliation with the villainous organization.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
  • According to motorists who helped firefighters rescue the passengers of the Airbus E130 helicopter on the eastbound lanes of Highway 50, Smith had been pinned beneath the helicopter and was not responsive when she was taken to UCDMC.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 14 Oct. 2025.

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