jailer
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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 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
Rosales, a jailer for the city of South Gate, quickly took cover behind a telephone pole and watched the gunman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
“You look like a jailer, Mama,” Alba would say, alarmed at this mania for insuring the future by embittering the present.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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