jailbird
/ˈdʒeɪlˌbɜrd/
noun
- A person who has been in prison, especially someone who has been there many times.
- She was a jailbird who had spent most of her adult life in correctional facilities.
- After his third arrest, the newspapers called him a habitual jailbird.
- The old jailbird told stories about his time behind bars.
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