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Recent Examples of jailbird
At no point has the jailbird shown contrition for her crimes.
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Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Excuse me, Ayanna’s husband, a jailbird named Conan Harris, bought the mansion, not the Congresswoman.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.
—Jemal Polson, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Becomes a jailbird at a high-security zoo after he’s caught, with the newest Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, finding Feathers, all these years later, hell-bent on getting even with the duo who locked him up.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third husband who also ended an embezzler and a jailbird.
—Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
The jailbird and guard stayed in touch over the phone, according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailbird
Noun
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According to multiple sources inside and outside Venezuela, Cabello has effectively halted the prisoner release process by blocking the execution of court orders authorizing their freedom — a move that underscores the depth of the internal rupture.—
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One of the more memorable detours in Marty Supreme involves Marty's friend and colleague Béla (Géza Röhrig) telling a story about his time as a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.—
Noun
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The charges relate to his killing Scott Wonoski, 43, a fellow inmate at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater, in 2021.—
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His release date is May 25, 2028, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate records viewed by PEOPLE on Thursday.—
Noun
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Unless the convict is holding a road sign, our firing squad might miss the entire body.—
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In that case, a 37-year-old convict with more than a year left to serve for theft fled during an outing to a planetarium.—
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The care team there was able to discuss the pros and cons of different PrEP regimens and knew how to navigate the formulary for Hurley’s insurance.—
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Skinnies are in the mix, according to Draffan, noting how the body-con fit has been picking up momentum on the catwalks for several seasons.—
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“Jailbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbird. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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