jailer

Example Sentences

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There are more than 120 journalists detained in China, according to RSF, which calls the country "the world's biggest jailer of journalists".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

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

They were even more concerned when they realized a jailer had walked by for a safety check and ignored it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

As Tam Lin once said, a jailer has a hundred things on his mind, but a prisoner has only one: escape.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer