jailbirds

plural of jailbird
as in prisoners
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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Noun
  • Biden's commutations on Monday changed the sentences of 37 of 40 death row prisoners to life in prison without parole.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Witness accounts indicate two of the Ukrainian prisoners-of-war were forced onto a road, while the other two remained lying on the ground; all four were subsequently executed, a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Consider the 2006 mass pardon in Italy, in which 40% of all inmates in the country were released from prison all at once.
    Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Alabama and Louisiana have executed inmates by nitrogen gas.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Jailbirds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbirds. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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