unjailed
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a word derived from
jail.
jailnouna prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
Example Sentences
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Of course, plain old-fashioned "gifting" on a massive scale over the years from Madoff to his children could also keep his unjailed clan in the lush life for a long while.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Lesser-known and unjailed party workers left the cities to organize strikes, sabotage and boycotts in the hinterland.
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Much in evidence, those prominent in it are known as the possessors of "predatory wealth"; "unjailed malefactors," they are subjects of continuous "grilling" in the congressional and legislative committee rooms.
From "'Tis Sixty Years Since" Address of Charles Francis Adams; Founders' Day, January 16, 1913 by Charles Francis Adams
He was there, but did not note me, veiled, Yet I saw that a joy, as of one unjailed, Now shone in his gaze; He knew not his hope of me just had failed!
From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Thomas Hardy
"Hicks, you unjailed public nuisance!" said Butch Brewster, affectionately.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice