parole
1noun
verb (used with object), pa·roled, pa·rol·ing.
adjective
Origin of parole
1parole
2noun French.
Examples from the Web for parole
Contemporary Examples of parole
On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
As a free man, even on parole, I can sense that my life has value again.
A series of judges and parole officers had ordered him to go as an alternative to jail.
When convicted, those children can receive sentences as severe as life without the possibility of parole.
Paying Taxes and Going to Jail Like Adults; Teens Deserve the Right to Vote, TooJillian Keenan
October 6, 2014
But the law explicitly stated that a resulting life sentence was to be without even the possibility of parole.
How the North Carolina GOP Made a Wrongfully Convicted Man a Death Row ScapegoatMichael Daly
September 4, 2014
Historical Examples of parole
Give me leave for three days on parole, and I will see you fully satisfied.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
After reigning for a twelvemonth, he was banished from Mexico on parole never to return.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou
This parole he broke, landing from Europe at Vera Cruz in 1824.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou
If he could be released from parole he would do loyal service for his country.
Rodney, the RangerJohn V. Lane
I gave my parole, and was allowed to come here to nurse him.
A War-Time WooingCharles King