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  • noun Plural form of parole.

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Examples

  • There were a number of cases of this kind testified to upon his trial, but they all happened among "paroles" outside the Stockade, or among the prisoners inside after we left, so I knew nothing of them.

    Andersonville John McElroy 1887

  • There were a number of cases of this kind testified to upon his trial, but they all happened among "paroles" outside the Stockade, or among the prisoners inside after we left, so I knew nothing of them.

    Andersonville — Volume 3 John McElroy 1887

  • Channels and newspapers were, at that time, busying themselves with sordid city stories about 'paroles' to convicts, and were also belting out hysterical

    The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage 2009

  • “This done,” he wrote, “each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by U.S. authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.”

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • What about all of the reduced sentences and paroles due to budget cuts under our 'wonderful' president.

    Huckabee: 'I take full responsibility' for suspect's clemency 2009

  • Reports were focused on the outliers in the camp; homeless people from the adjacent skid row, Venice Beach drifters, paroles from nearby Central City and people recently released from County Jail who the police reportedly encouraged to go to the camp.

    Sam Slovick: Outliers of Occupy Sam Slovick 2012

  • Reports were focused on the outliers in the camp; homeless people from the adjacent skid row, Venice Beach drifters, paroles from nearby Central City and people recently released from County Jail who the police reportedly encouraged to go to the camp.

    Sam Slovick: Outliers of Occupy Sam Slovick 2012

  • He required officers to sign paroles for themselves and regimental or battery commanders to sign them on behalf of their men.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Reports were focused on the outliers in the camp; homeless people from the adjacent skid row, Venice Beach drifters, paroles from nearby Central City and people recently released from County Jail who the police reportedly encouraged to go to the camp.

    Sam Slovick: Outliers of Occupy Sam Slovick 2012

  • Control of them, under their paroles, with intelligence and coldness on their part, were the conditions and qualities he sought, and such combination, as a matter of course, carried with it cruelty.

    CHAPTER XXIV 2010

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