Thesaurus results for JAILBIRD

jailbird

noun

ˈjāl-ˌbərd

as in prisoner

a person convicted as a criminal and serving a prison sentence had spent most of his sorry life as a jailbird in hoosegows across the South

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Recent Examples of jailbird 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 When Canton jailbird selectman Chris Albert did six months in prison in 1994 for a hit-and-run homicide, who was his lawyer? A. Judge Auntie Bev B. Meatball Morrissey C. Auntie Bev’s brother D. Adam Lally 2. —

Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 July 2024 Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair. —

Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024 Movies Review: ‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ pairs two singing jailbirds but skimps on supervillainy Oct. 4, 2024 The movie was expected to fall short of the original’s impressive debut after generating only $7 million in Thursday previews. —

Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 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 Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. —

Clark Collis, EW.com, 22 June 2021

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Which senator, a polio survivor, was the lone Republican to vote against his confirmation? 6 of 11 As part of a prisoner exchange, Russia released Marc Fogel, an American who had been detained since 2021.

— New York Times, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Under the terms of the ceasefire, which began on Jan. 21, Israel is to release more than 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails in return for the three hostages.

— Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025