ex-convictn.
A former convict. Also attributive and in shortened slang form ex-con.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > former convict
freeman1791
expiree1802
old hand1826
emancipist1827
emancipatist1852
expirer1862
ex-convict1867
1867 Cassell's Mag. 2 471/2 The clutches of some vulgar ex-convict mistress.
1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Oct. 637/2 An appointment is made with the ex-convict.
1907 J. London Road v. 104 An ‘ex-con’ who had done five years in Sing Sing.
1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 34 Better than fifty per cent of Pinkertons are ex-cons.
1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 34 This estimated percentage of ex-convicts hired by Pinkerton is much too high.
1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 38/1 An ex-convict wanting to return had either to work his passage or pay his fare from his savings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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