Definition of "ex-con" []

• Former prisoner (noun)

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• "Don't confuse this with the inferior remake of the same name that stars Nicolas Cage in the Tommy Udo role except that Tommy is called Little Junior Brown and David Caruso as Jimmy Kilmartin, who follows in the footsteps of Victor Mature's Nick Bianco, an ex-con trying to go straight."
• "When last we saw photos of the trainwreck known as Amy Winehouse, she was openly canoodling with her ex-con, ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil on the streets of London back in March of this year … but it would seem that Amy has finally moved on to sunnier pastures."
• "Brother Sam, played by Mos, he's a former ex-con who found his mission in life by helping other cons."