ex-con
Example Sentences
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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
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2023
The book follows Shadow Moon, a quiet ex-con who takes a bodyguard job with an enigmatic employer.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
Steven “Smithy” Smith is an endearingly self-aware ex-con obsessed by a children’s book by Edith Twyford.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
The fence back in Boston, and his ex-con representative .
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
