Synonyms for "jailbird" (51 found)

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Closest matches (11)

betrayercagelingcaptivechain gangconconvictcriminalcrookdeceiverdesperadodesperate criminal

Strong matches (15)

detenudouble dealerdouble-dealerex-convictfelonfugitivegallows birdgangstergaolbirdinterneejail birdjudaslag

Noun(2 words)

gaolbirdjail bird

Related words (25)

lawbreakerliferlosermobsteroutlawparoleepolitical prisonerpowprisonerprisoner of warpublic enemyquislingracketeerscofflawstir birdswindlerthiefthugticket-of-leave manticket-of-leaver

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traitortrustytwo timertwo-timer

Noun(1 words)

yardbird

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

criminalcrookfelonmalefactoroutlaw

Synonyms

1 entries

jail bird

Related terms

1 entries

gallows bird

derived from

2 entries

birdjail

etymologically related_to

1 entries

gallows bird

related to

2 entries

gallows birdprisoner

Translations

34 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• затворник noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Danish

3 entries

• fængselsfugl noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• recidivist noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• vaneforbryder noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Finnish

3 entries

• entinen vanki noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• vanki noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• vankilakundi noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

French

4 entries

• taulard noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• taularde noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• tôlard noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• tôlarde noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Georgian

2 entries

• პატიმარი noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• ტუსაღი noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

German

4 entries

• Ex Knacki noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• Ex-Häftling noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• Häftling noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• Knacki noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• fengselsfugl noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• fengselsfugl noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

• اسیر noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Polish

1 entries

• kryminalista noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Russian

4 entries

• ареста́нт noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• ареста́нтка noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• заключённая noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• заключённый noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Spanish

3 entries

• presidiario noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• presidiario reincidente noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)
• reincidente noun (prisoner or ex-prisoner)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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He's a jailbird on the lam.

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