Ex-con - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 ex-con From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishex-conˌex-ˈcon noun [countable] informal    a criminal who has been in prison but who is now freeExamples from the Corpusex-con• Horror stories are rife of ex-cons setting up their own security companies, with all the obvious risks that entails.• At last all seems to be coming together for the ex-con who wants to go straight. Quizzes Quizzes

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