sailors

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One of the Russian soldiers did surreptitiously give him water without the others seeing, he said, and he was eventually released by his jailors - and found by passers-by.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2022

We checked the spelling of our names on forms descended from those completed by our pizza-eating jailors, and waited in timid, contemplative silence.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2017

So much of what’s remarkable for me about Guantánamo Diary takes place after the destabilizing shock of that scene in which Mohamadou first sees the faces of his jailors.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2016

A French hostage, held for 10 months by the British militant known as "Jihadi John", has been speaking to the BBC about his time in captivity, and his interactions with his jailors.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2015

He had wrathful thoughts about the police who had arrested him, the jailors who kept him here, the system that allowed this.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers