collect call

Example Sentences

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“Here it is like 10 o’clock at night, who’s answering the phone? A collect call at that?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2020

A teaser for director Geno McDermott’s film opens with chilling audio of a collect call Hernandez made to his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2019

At long last, my client was allowed to make a tearful, five-minute collect call to his wife, in which he confirmed that he was alive and that he would be deported the next day.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2017

The officers allowed her to make a collect call on the coinless cellblock pay phone.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2016

Instead, a recording came on the line, saying, “This is a collect call from an inmate at the Massachusetts State Penitentiary...,” before another person chimed in.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks