jailer
Example Sentences
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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 jailer wrote on the signature line that she could not be trusted with a pen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
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
Holly didn’t respond, didn’t even look her jailer in the eye.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
