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parolee

American  
[puh-roh-lee, -roh-lee] / pə roʊˈli, -ˈroʊ li /

noun

  1. a person who is released from prison on parole.


Etymology

Origin of parolee

First recorded in 1915–20; parole + -ee

Example Sentences

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To help fix that, officials agreed to assess the disability, medical, and mental health needs of every parolee, information that will be used to place them in transitional housing and provide services in the community.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023

One short line was added, from Junior, a parolee who struggles to get the kind of love from his father that he received from his recently deceased mother.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

The title character is, again, a prismatic set of identities — a Black, Colombian trans parolee navigating Brooklyn in the day after she’s been released.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Evacuees who are 12 and older are required to get the COVID-19 vaccination as a term of their humanitarian parolee status after entering the country.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

A 30-year-old parolee named Major Williams, whom police had identified as a gang member, was found dead in his room.

From Washington Post