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parolee

American  
[puh-roh-lee, -roh-lee] / pə roʊˈli, -ˈroʊ li /

noun

  1. a person who is released from prison on parole.


Etymology

Origin of parolee

First recorded in 1915–20; parole + -ee


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From there, corrections staff can see information—such as court records and notes from parole-board hearings—about a prisoner or parolee all in one place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

To help fix that, officials agreed to assess the disability, medical, and mental health needs of every parolee, information that will be used to place them in transitional housing and provide services in the community.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023

Officers were looking for a parolee at large at around 4 p.m. but when they found him he was barricaded in a shed and refused to obey commands to surrender, the department said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

One short line was added, from Junior, a parolee who struggles to get the kind of love from his father that he received from his recently deceased mother.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

The title character is, again, a prismatic set of identities — a Black, Colombian trans parolee navigating Brooklyn in the day after she’s been released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

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