variants
or less commonly jailor
1
: a keeper of a jail
2
: one that restricts another's liberty as if by imprisonment
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Journalist advocacy group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), joined the chorus of criticism, pointing out Russia’s current record as the world’s fourth-worst jailer of journalists, with at least 22 currently behind bars.
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Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 July 2024
In 1921, the former county jail descended into an 18-hour riot after one man started a fire to heat his coffee and jailers responded by placing him in solitary confinement.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
On July 17, a woman reported to authorities that the jailer, 22-year-old Miguel Mederos, offered her a ride to her vehicle after she was released from the Denton city jail on Jan. 2, 2023.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
Navarro started the day in a federal prison in Florida and ended the night disparaging his jailers before a rapturous crowd of Republicans.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 July 2024
In 1921, the former county jail descended into an 18-hour riot after one man started a fire to heat his coffee and jailers responded by placing him in solitary confinement.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
On July 17, a woman reported to authorities that the jailer, 22-year-old Miguel Mederos, offered her a ride to her vehicle after she was released from the Denton city jail on Jan. 2, 2023.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
Navarro started the day in a federal prison in Florida and ended the night disparaging his jailers before a rapturous crowd of Republicans.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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