Bail bandit
noun
a person who commits a crime while on bail awaiting trial
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a formal doc-ment that gives bail for someone to be released from custody. historical examples and when nelson was in trouble over those stolen gold coins uncle jason went on his bail bond and hired the lawyer to defend him. the mission of janice day helen beecher long the bail bond was made out and […]
- Bail out on
bail out on verb phrase to leave someone behind or in the lurch: bailed out on the book project
- Bail someone out
bail someone out verb phrase to get someone out of a difficult plight; relieve someone of debt, embarr-ssment, etc: i’ll bail you out this time, but next time bring enough money [1970s+; fr paying someone’s bail for release fr confinement]
- Bail-jumping
noun the willful failure to appear as required before a judge or court by a person out on bail examples the prosecutor’s office filed bail-jumping charges today against the man. word origin 1881
- Bail out
the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc. an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially: a government bailout of a large company. an alternative, additional choice, or the like: if the highway is jammed, you have two side roads as bailouts. of, relating to, or consisting of […]