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

A second inmate shared allegations against the same jailer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 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

“You are being sent to the dungeon. You are to take the jailer his noonday meal. That will be your duty from now on. ”

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo