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parole

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


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Under his plea deal with US authorities, Zambada faced a mandatory minimum term of life imprisonment without parole on a racketeering charge.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

The family was granted parole, and allowed in the country as they applied for asylum.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

"She referred to them being in prison, on parole when playing and Morgan was the prison warden."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

"This is a case of the most extreme gravity. You must stay in prison for the rest of your life. You will never be eligible for parole."

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

“You’re still grounded, but you get parole this weekend. And you can get your laptop back after the play tomorrow if you remember all your lines.”

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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

The paroles board on Tuesday voted 7-0 against commuting Speer’s death sentence to a lesser penalty.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2023

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

From Washington Times May 17, 2023

"Their paroles are not worth the paper they are written on," he roared.

From The Courier of the Ozarks by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)

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

Working at one of the state’s 35 minimum-security fire camps is a voluntary and coveted job, giving inmates a chance to spend time outside prison walls, help their communities and get paroled more quickly.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

They presented themselves at an undisclosed border entry, were processed and were paroled in the U.S., according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2025

That stupid guy had been paroled briefly to serve as director at Camp Half-Blood.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Before I got to fire camp, my earliest possible release date was November 2013, yet I ended up paroling in February 2012.

From Washington Post Oct. 15, 2021

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

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2021

The HSI agent also wrote out a formal order paroling one of Mr. Sargsyan’s Armenian relatives into the U.S., and got his supervisor to sign off, Mr. Sargsyan says.

From Washington Times Apr. 29, 2020

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

From The New Yorker Jul. 9, 2018

The method of paroling the delinquent child, after he has spent a term of preparation, was proved most helpful through the careful tests of a large number of cases.

From Farm Boys and Girls by McKeever, William Arch




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