All 6 Uses

parole
in
Touching Spirit Bear
(Edited)

In the middle sat Garvey, the gravelly-voiced, wisecracking Indian parole officer from Minneapolis.
Chpt 1

parole officer = person responsible for seeing that special conditions are met by a person who was released from prison early
His parole officer was one of those people.
Chpt 3
...we feel he should be released to parole and to the supervision of one of his parents.
Chpt 4 *

parole = early release from prison (as long as he complies with special conditions)
A famous parole officer told me that once.
Chpt 13

parole officer = person responsible for seeing that special conditions are met by a person who was released from prison early
A famous parole officer let you get mauled by a bear.
Chpt 13
Cole couldn't help but smile at his parole officer.
Chpt 20

Definitions:

(1) (parole as in: released on parole)
conditional early release from imprisonment in which a person is required to comply with special conditions
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)