collect call

Example Sentences

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“They got a phone right there that you get to use, but once again it’s a collect call from a payphone,” Harris, 35, said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2020

In particular, he said a collect call McCullough made from the Rockford post office on the night when Maria disappeared showed that it would have been impossible for McCullough to have abducted the girl.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2016

Lydia: On this we certainly agree: That glimpse of Jessa and Shoshanna watching “Scandal” and failing to accept a collect call from Hannah was not nearly enough of the girls for me.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2015

Advocates of reform say that the rates prisoners pay to speak to their families are outrageous, and launched a petition earlier this year to have the FCC look at collect call rates within prisons.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2012

I picked up the phone and there was the recorded voice again, saying it was a collect call from Marcus Johnson.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks