- a prisoner or former prisoner in a jail
- a person often put in jail; habitual lawbreaker
jailbird
jail·bird 
A jailbird.
The definition of a jailbird is a criminal who has been in jail or prison, especially someone who has repeatedly been in prison.
Someone who is in and out of jail is an example of a jailbird.
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noun
InformalA prisoner or an ex-convict.
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