TICKET OF LEAVE

  

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TICKET OF LEAVE

Definition: TICKET OF LEAVE

TICKET OF LEAVE

1. A license or permit given to a convict, or prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain specific conditions. [Eng.] --Simmonds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonym: TICKET OF LEAVE

Synonym: Parole. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: TICKET OF LEAVE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bad Man

Culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp; disorderly person, misdemeanant; outlaw; scofflaw; vandal; felon; convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man; multiple offender.

Permission

Permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent.

Prisoner

Jail bird, ticket of leave man, chevronne.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: TICKET OF LEAVE

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Movie/TV Titles

The Ticket of Leave Man (1937)

Ticket of Leave (1935)

The Ticket of Leave Man (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: TICKET OF LEAVE

Expression using "TICKET OF LEAVE": ticket of leave man. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TICKET OF LEAVE

Language Translations for "TICKET OF LEAVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

szabadlábra helyezése (release of prisoner on ticket of leave), megsérti a feltételes szabadláb követelményeit (to break one's ticket of leave), fogoly feltételes (release of prisoner on ticket of leave), feltételes szabadon bocsátása (release of prisoner on ticket of leave), elítélt feltételes szabadlábra helyezése (release of prisoner on ticket of leave), elítélt (condemned, convict, convicted, prisoner, release of prisoner on ticket of leave, yardbird). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ickettay ofay eavelay

   

Russian 

  

досрочное освобождение заключенного. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TICKET OF LEAVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-i-k-l-o-t-t-v"

-5 letters: cavelike, cleveite, elective, etiolate, levitate, locative.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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