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parole

Definition

  • noun: permission given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of a sentence usually as a reward for behaving well
  • noun: a promise made with or confirmed by a pledge of one's honor
  • verb: to release (a prisoner) on parole
  • usually used as '(be) paroled'

Examples

  • He was given a life sentence without (the possibility of) 'parole'.

  • The prisoner will be eligible for 'parole' after three years.

  • She robbed a bank while out 'on parole'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You want to go inside, bro? We gonna start soon. Fella won some local school comp. Cleaned them all up. Then tried to burn down the school. I told his parole officer that we're going to this... This tournament. Be like his community service. They went for it. Gen, you probably think (..)
    2014 The Dark Horse