jailer

Example Sentences

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Chief jailer George Webb checks a list of articles to be moved to temporary quarters on the city pier in Dec. 7, 1938.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

That alone should mean that shipping people there runs afoul of domestic laws and potentially the Eighth Amendment, if indeed the U.S. can be legally considered the jailer.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2025

One is that most sheriffs worked in their office before the became sheriffs, as a deputy or a jailer or a staff member.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024

It's a phenomenon oceanographers call a Taylor Column - and it's possible A23a might not escape its jailer for years.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024

For, though her first jailer had died, there was no change in the pitiful condition of Ariana Dumbledore.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling