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parole

[puh-rohl] / pəˈroʊl /
VERB
discharge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Yet her insanity defense failed and she was sentenced to three consecutive terms of life without parole.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

Peters is not supposed to leave Colorado without permission from her parole officer, although she did visit Trump at the White House.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

If they don't get parole, they are freed automatically when they have six months left to serve.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

The nurse faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if found guilty.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Antonio Nuñez's judge in Orange County, California, replaced his sentence of life imprisonment without parole with a sentence of 175 years.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Initially, both sides assumed that the familiar practice of cartels and paroles would be maintained.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Like the board of pardons and paroles, Abbott was unmoved.

From Slate Oct. 18, 2024

CBP officials said they considered the paroles completed before the order, even though the releases were not.

From Washington Times May 17, 2023

Huynh said the recidivism rates for the people who go through Defy Ventures’ Entrepreneurs in Training program is far lower than the average, but some do reoffend or violate their paroles.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2023

But pardons and paroles are signed by the Emperor.

From The Unnecessary Man by Martinez

One of them was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, and the other was paroled after cooperating with investigators.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

But after serving less than a year of his five-year sentence he was paroled and released due to overcrowding.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the U.S. government was bound by a Biden-era court settlement to expedite asylum claims of Afghans paroled into the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

"This is an ongoing sentence from which I can never be paroled."

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

“Don’t be so dramatic,” said Vivian, who earlier had told Maya-Jade that she felt as if she’d been paroled from prison.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

South Koreans have been divided over whether Mr. Lee was worth paroling.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2021

The Baltimore Sun on the involvement of the governor of Maryland in paroling three juveniles who were given life sentences:

From Washington Times Nov. 27, 2019

Human-rights advocates say that paroling the perpetrators threatens the entire logic of international criminal law.

From The New Yorker Jul. 9, 2018

But Johnson has said that the Michigan Parole Board has never expressed interest in paroling him.

From Seattle Times May 31, 2018

Finding nothing in his way, he entered the place, the rebels having retreated immediately after paroling the sick and wounded, which the Captain found in as good condition as circumstances would admit.

From History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry by R. C. Rankin




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