PAROLE
ADJECTIVES
► PAID resulting in a favourable outcome of a parole hearing → 2000s US prison sl.
NOUNS
► BACK-DOOR PAROLE parole → 1930s US prison sl.
► FLOP the denial of a release on parole by a prison parole board → 1944 US sl.
► KNOCKBACK the rejection of one’s application for parole → 1940s prison sl.
► OUTSIDE TIME parole → 2001 US prison & criminals’ sl.
► PAPER probation in lieu of a jail sentence; parole from prison → 1973 US sl.
► RAIN CHECK the reduction of a criminal penalty; parole, probation → 1949 US sl.
► TAIL the term of a prisoner’s parole → 1992 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PAROLIST a person released on parole → 1901
VERBS
► RAISE UP to be given leave or parole to leave a prison → 1970s US prison sl.
► VIOLATE to accuse or find a prisoner on parole guilty of violating the conditions of parole → 1971 US sl.
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