How to Use bondsman in a Sentence

bondsman

noun
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  • The bondsman revoked the bond on July 5 and returned Nance to the jail.
    — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2022
  • A few weeks after the verdict, the bondsman returned about $5,740 and kept the rest.
    — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Once a week, Grant is required to check in with his bail bondsman.
    — NBC News, 19 June 2020
  • But those in the bail bond business say the ones facing the most risk right now are the bail bondsmen themselves.
    — Andrew O'Reilly, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
  • The bondsman, Ben Bennight, took a screenshot and flagged the comment to YouTube, which removed the post.
    — Author: Adam Goldman, Patricia Mazzei, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The bail bondsman promises to pay the court the full bond amount if the defendant does not show up for all hearings.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • The man met with an unknown person claiming to be a bail bondsman and gave him $9,500.
    — Staff, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Norwood said bonds were low enough people could hire a bondsman and get out of jail.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 3 July 2022
  • Those who can’t afford to pay can seek out a bondsman willing to loan the money.
    — NBC News, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Burns got from a bail bondsman in Ohio, according to the opinion.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Many borrow bail money from bondsmen and then end up in debt.
    — NBC News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Police said the subject fled from a bail bondsman and was spotted by the post office.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Michael Kubosh | Bail bondsman: And so all of the sudden on the news media came the arrest of two doctors.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 6 July 2019
  • By law, defendants have 15 months to pay the balance of a bond financed by a bondsman.
    — Kelan Lyons, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Of a sketchy partnership with a bail bondsman to break into cars and then steal and sell the spoils, which were often drugs.
    — Cristian Farias, New Republic, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Oyos said police assume the man failed to show up for court and the a bail bondsman who posted the bond sent the recovery agents.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Cantrell said Cordeiro had a bondsman waiting for him in the lobby and was processed in the booking area and then released.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 29 July 2023
  • His father was the bail bondsman who got the city’s 1960s civil rights protesters out of jail.
    — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Before the spotlight, Chapman broke the record in Colorado for becoming the youngest bail bondsman at the age of 29.
    — Anna Tingley, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • Wealthy people are able to buy their way out, whereas a poor person is in a bind that could leave them with a life of debt to a bondsman.
    — Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Lanez appeared in court with a bondsman, and his lawyer told Rolling Stone his bail is being posted.
    — Vulture, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Meanwhile, those courthouses opened at 9 a.m. that day for lawyers, bail bondsmen and the folks ordered to be there by judges.
    — Vinny Vella, Courant Community, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The bondsman was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
    — Dallas News, 2 June 2022
  • The lawsuit says a bail bondsman would require between 12-13 percent of that amount to act as a surety.
    — NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
  • If approved, the defendant can put up the bond money directly or seek the help of a bail bondsman.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • Only if the accused fails to appear in court is the bondsman required to fork over payment to the government.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Lee, once an employee of the state’s Fish and Game department and now a bails bondsman, has been fishing since his teenage years.
    — Andria Lo and Valerie Luu, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The bondsmen never made it into the apartment, police said.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In most cases, a friend or family member will post cash bail or use a bail bondsman.
    — New York Times, 2 May 2018
  • Every part of this film is funny, such as the team jerseys being sponsored by a bail bondsman.
    — Matt Caputo, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2022

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