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parole
1[ puh-rohl ]
noun
- Penology.
- the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
- such release or its duration.
- an official document authorizing such a release.
- Military.
- the promise, usually written, of a prisoner of war, that if released they either will return to custody at a specified time or will not again take up arms against their captors.
- (formerly) any password given by authorized personnel in passing by a guard.
- word of honor given or pledged.
- (in U.S. immigration laws) the temporary admission of non-U.S. citizens into the United States for emergency reasons or on grounds considered in the public interest, as authorized by and at the discretion of the attorney general.
verb (used with object)
- to place or release on parole.
- to admit (a non-U.S. citizen) into the United States for emergency reasons or on grounds considered in the public interest:
An increased number of Hungarian refugees were paroled into the United States.
adjective
- of or relating to parole or parolees:
a parole record.
parole
2[ pa-rawl ]
noun
- language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language ( langue ).
parole
/ pəˈrəʊl; pəˌrəʊˈliː /
noun
- the freeing of a prisoner before his sentence has expired, on the condition that he is of good behaviour
- the duration of such conditional release
- a promise given by a prisoner, as to be of good behaviour if granted liberty or partial liberty
- a variant spelling of parol
- military a password
- linguistics language as manifested in the individual speech acts of particular speakers Compare langue performance competence
- on parole
- conditionally released from detention
- (of a person) under scrutiny, esp for a recurrence of an earlier shortcoming
verb
- to place (a person) on parole
Derived Forms
- parolee, noun
- 貹ˈDZ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- 貹·DZa· adjective
- un貹·DZa· adjective
- ܲp·DZ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of parole1
Example Sentences
About 6,000 drug tests are believed to have generated false positive results in 2024, according to attorneys at UnCommon Law, a nonprofit advocacy group that represents inmates seeking parole.
If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
“Everyone is fine with deporting immigrants who have committed crimes. But that’s very different from deporting people mistakenly, without a hearing, to prisons overseas without the ability for parole.”
State prison records show Ortega-Anguiano is eligible for parole in July and currently housed at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.
Pacific time April 10, was a notice of termination of parole, a humanitarian form of legal entry that was significantly expanded under the Biden administration.
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