ex-con
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Before Tom gives the hardened ex-con an earful of what for, he and Anna are shocked silent when their cat strolls into Max’s kitchen.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mr. James’s tone—that of a reformed alpha male, an ex-con and traveler of a gritty road—lends his tale authenticity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
There he met Michael Brizendine, a 230-pound ex-con with blue eyes and blond hair nicknamed “Cornfed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
In “Straight Time,” a 1978 film featuring both Mr. Stanton and Mr. Walsh, Mr. Walsh played a patronizing parole officer to Dustin Hoffman’s teetering ex-con.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
But an ex-con can keep his head up when the ‘squares’ sink.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
The travel certificates showed how a network of resellers — including ex-cons and schemers — replaced pet stores as middlemen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
"It was the ex-cons," says Gleb, referring to the many serving prisoners or convicts conscripted into Wagner last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023
And calling newly released brothers and sisters returning citizens rather than "ex-cons" erases a nasty stigma and groups us all together as if we were one family, the way it should be.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022
Cosby’s novels aren’t about private investigators; they’re about flawed everyday men, often ex-cons, who are after various types of redemption.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
But this business of hiring a bunch of ex-cons and—Hey!
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
