pa·role
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| 1. | Penology.
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| 2. | Military.
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| 3. | word of honor given or pledged. |
| 4. | (in U.S. immigration laws) the temporary admission of aliens into the U.S. for emergency reasons or on grounds considered in the public interest, as authorized by and at the discretion of the attorney general. |
| 5. | to place or release on parole. |
| 6. | to admit (an alien) into the U.S. under the parole provision: An increased number of Hungarian refugees were paroled into the United States. |
| 7. | of or pertaining to parole or parolees: a parole record. |
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pa·role
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tr.v. pa·roled, pa·rol·ing, pa·roles To release (a prisoner) on parole. [French, promise, word, from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Latin parabola, discourse; see parable.] |
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parole
1616, "word of honor," especially "promise by a prisoner of war not to escape," from Fr. parole "word, speech" (in parole d'honneur "word of honor") from Gallo-Romance *paraula "speech, discourse," from L. parabola (see parable). Sense of "conditional release of a prisoner before full term" is first attested 1908 in criminal slang. The verb (1716) originally was what the prisoner did ("pledge"); its transitive meaning "put on parole" is first attested 1853.
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| parole | |
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| 1. | a promise; "he gave his word" |
| 2. | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password] |
| 3. | (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with |
verb | |
| 1. | release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" |
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Parole, MD (CDP, FIPS 60325) Location: 38.98415 N, 76.55308 W
Population (1990): 10054 (4534 housing units)
Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)
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Parole
Pa*rol"\, n. [See Parole, the same word.]1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.] 2. (Law) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal. --Blackstone.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Parole
Pa*role"\, n. [F. parole. See Parley, and cf. Parol.]1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.] 2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. --Macaulay. 3. (Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards. 4. (Law) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Parole
Pa*role"\, a. See 2d Parol.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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