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commissary

[kom-uh-ser-ee] / ˈkɒm əˌsɛr i /
NOUN
deputy
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Sources also allege that individuals outside the prison are depositing thousands of dollars into the commissary accounts of those performing services for the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Men would also scroll YouTube videos, partake in online sports betting and convince women on the outside to date them, sometimes seemingly to get those women to wire money into their commissary accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

According to contemporaneous accounts, German prisoners of war in U.S. camps were sometimes offered Cokes at the commissary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

When a man from the commissary ran in with an order to evacuate the building, Blaschum went upstairs to find her flying partners.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

It was on the early side for lunch, and most of the small tables in the commissary were empty.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Public grocery stores already exist in the form of commissaries on military bases.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

Pennsylvania’s contract for $50 million with GTL includes a 22.5 percent kickback from the sale of music, e-messaging, games, e-books, and deposits into people’s prison bank accounts—called commissaries.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024

Per the WSJ video, the commissaries have already started working with Warabeya, a supplier to 7-Eleven Japan.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024

Since launching in Pico-Union, CloudKitchens has expanded rapidly, opening ghost-kitchen commissaries in Koreatown, Long Beach, Anaheim and downtown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2020

They stated, furthermore, that they were not being paid in real money but in scrip, which was good only to buy Virginia ham in the company commissaries.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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