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- noun Former
prisoner
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Examples
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Not after Vince pledges to take his counsel and not his bullheaded ex-con father's in the year to come.
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The last romantic in New York City is an ex-con locksmith on work release.
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Again, yellow belly Hack the blogs resident bank robber and ex-con weighs in with a pack of lies.
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Someone needs an attitude adjustment — and that someone is star player Vince Michael B. Jordan, caught in a tug of war over his future between his arrogant ex-con dad and well-meaning Coach Taylor, who threatens to bench Vince if he can't be more of a team player.
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The move raised eyebrows and telegraphed the fact that I was an ex-con.
Anthony Papa: Gov. Cuomo's Victory to Close Down Troubled Juvenile Detention Facilities Anthony Papa 2011
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The movie revisits Michael Douglas 'insider-trader Gordon Gekko as an ex-con now thirsting for a piece of the recklessness that triggered today's financial meltdown.
Fewer big-budget, more lower-profile films at Cannes fest 2010
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When last we saw photos of the trainwreck known as Amy Winehouse, she was openly canoodling with her ex-con, ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil on the streets of London back in March of this year … but it would seem that Amy has finally moved on to sunnier pastures.
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » 2010 » June » 05 2010
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Don't confuse this with the inferior remake of the same name that stars Nicolas Cage in the Tommy Udo role except that Tommy is called Little Junior Brown and David Caruso as Jimmy Kilmartin, who follows in the footsteps of Victor Mature's Nick Bianco, an ex-con trying to go straight.
'Five': A Series Wakes Up at the Wheel Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Brother Sam, played by Mos, he's a former ex-con who found his mission in life by helping other cons.
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The move raised eyebrows and telegraphed the fact that I was an ex-con.
Anthony Papa: Gov. Cuomo's Victory to Close Down Troubled Juvenile Detention Facilities Anthony Papa 2011
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