ex-convicts
- plural of ex-convict.
Example Sentences
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Troops sent on infiltration missions are often ex-convicts given only days of training, since walking to an assigned location and awaiting further orders requires minimal proficiency, Kofman said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
He says he spoke to several of the men, all ex-convicts, before witnessing them being taken away the following morning.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
It concerned a crew of ex-convicts working as sandwich makers at a truck stop.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Jessi Fernandez, a onetime gang member from Los Angeles, is part of a swelling pipeline of ex-convicts who make it to a UC or Cal State and find an unexpected path forward.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023
They really believed I thought ex-convicts weren’t supposed to register.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
