ex-con

noun

informal
: a former prisoner

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Black Dog was a case of the latter, with dark humor framing its gritty tale of an ex-con returning to his rural hometown to start his life again. Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024 Directed by John Gulager, produced by Joel Soisson and Talia Bella, and starring Danny Trejo as an ex-con some ranchers hire to protect them from a drug lord, Seven Cemeteries is a return to horror. Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024 Here, Carrie Ann shares her thoughts via email about the season premiere that saw controversial ex-con Anna Delvey hit the dance floor and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin star Chandler Kinney plant herself as the early frontrunner. Ew Staff, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024 An ex-con, a Bachelorette, an Olympic gymnast and a former Beverly Hills, 90210 resident are braving the ballroom. Claire Franken, TVLine, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ex-con 

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“Ex-con.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ex-con. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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