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Definition of jailbird in English: jailbirdnounˈdʒeɪlbəːdˈdʒeɪlˌbərd informal A person who is or has been in prison, especially a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly. 〈非正式〉囚犯（尤指曾多次入狱的惯犯） I was an escaped jailbird Example sentencesExamples - Seven youths attacked and killed a man after one of them claimed he had treated him harshly when they were jailbirds, the regional court here heard yesterday.
- Photographs in each cell - there are about 10 of them, plus an open eating area with tables for the less adventurous - depict various prison scenes and mugshots of some jailbirds.
- Well that's interesting, because certainly for those of us who remember him in the '70s, he almost came across as an outlaw, as a jailbird, in fact many of his songs were about prison.
- A professor at the University of Maryland's MBA program sends his students to prison for a ‘scared straight’ session - where they get to feel what it's like living behind bars, and talk to CEO jailbirds.
- ‘Then we met a former jailbird who told us that the secret to surviving inside was ‘little victories’ - maybe something as small as winning a bigger helping of carrots,’ says La Frenais.
Synonyms criminal, lawbreaker, outlaw, offender, felon, convict, malefactor, wrongdoer, black hat, supervillain
Definition of jailbird in US English: jailbirdnounˈjālˌbərdˈdʒeɪlˌbərd informal A person who is or has been in prison, especially a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly. 〈非正式〉囚犯（尤指曾多次入狱的惯犯） I was an escaped jailbird Example sentencesExamples - ‘Then we met a former jailbird who told us that the secret to surviving inside was ‘little victories’ - maybe something as small as winning a bigger helping of carrots,’ says La Frenais.
- Photographs in each cell - there are about 10 of them, plus an open eating area with tables for the less adventurous - depict various prison scenes and mugshots of some jailbirds.
- Well that's interesting, because certainly for those of us who remember him in the '70s, he almost came across as an outlaw, as a jailbird, in fact many of his songs were about prison.
- Seven youths attacked and killed a man after one of them claimed he had treated him harshly when they were jailbirds, the regional court here heard yesterday.
- A professor at the University of Maryland's MBA program sends his students to prison for a ‘scared straight’ session - where they get to feel what it's like living behind bars, and talk to CEO jailbirds.
Synonyms criminal, lawbreaker, outlaw, offender, felon, convict, malefactor, wrongdoer, black hat, supervillain
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