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parolelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From parole + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of parole.
   • It is of considerable interest that parole boards as discretionary decision makers are more susceptible to attack than is parolelike supervision. 1980, Frederick Hussey, David Duffee, Probation, parole, and community field services, page 99:
   • Although a six-agency task force decided in 2009 that Mr. Shalabi was too dangerous to release, a parolelike panel called the Periodic Review Board, consisting of representatives from the same six agencies, decided in June that he could now be safely repatriated to Saudi Arabia. 2015 September 22, Charlie Savage, “Saudi Held at Guantánamo Is Repatriated, Reducing Number of Detainees to 114”, in New York Times:

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