parolee

Definition of paroleenext

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Recent Examples of parolee The move was contested in court, though the U.S. Supreme Court later overturned a lower court order that would have prevented the Department of Homeland Security from terminating benefits for parolees. Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 Her life only got worse after her first boyfriend, a parolee and the father of three of her children, was murdered in Oakland in 2022. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2025 The parolee and the young woman reunited (with a few others) and started a two-year string of crimes. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025 That has been a central issue in the OTR crime that took the life of gym owner Patrick Heringer, with a parolee who cut off his ankle monitor charged in the crime. Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parolee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parolee
Noun
  • Similar protections would extend to students, probationers, and recipients of public assistance.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Experts say this allows specialized teams to focus on intense monitoring of a smaller caseload of high-risk offenders, while lower-risk probationers are left to newer officers.
    Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Rogers, the prisoners’ rights advocate, said the result is going to be longer prison sentences for people convicted of minor crimes, with more serious offenders already serving more time before being paroled.
    Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
  • His charges now include felony possession of a weapon by a prisoner, misdemeanor flight escape and misdemeanor Injury to real property, the sheriff’s office said.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Williams is being held in the Jackson County Detention Center, according to the jail’s inmate listing.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
  • An inmate’s seemingly clever plan to escape jail via the visitation room ceiling – after meeting with his attorney – proved to be botched from get-go, according to investigators in North Carolina.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026

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“Parolee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parolee. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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