ex-cons
- plural of ex-con.
Example Sentences
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These travel certificates show how a network of resellers — including ex-cons and schemers — replaced pet stores as middlemen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
The waiting period for ex-cons to expunge their records will be reduced Sunday.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
"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
But this business of hiring a bunch of ex-cons and—Hey!
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins