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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The Islamic Republic is one of the world’s top jailers of journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, and in the best of times, reporters face strict restrictions.
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Farnoush Amiri, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Lockard had been employed as a jailer with the Sheriff's Office since Nov. 16, 2022, according to the release.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Sheriffs and jailers are now prohibited from notifying ICE when someone in custody is wanted for deportation.
—Jason Plummer, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
But that did not happen, leaving nearly 140 Venezuelan migrants in the custody of jailers at a notorious Salvadoran prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Farnoush Amiri, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Lockard had been employed as a jailer with the Sheriff's Office since Nov. 16, 2022, according to the release.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Sheriffs and jailers are now prohibited from notifying ICE when someone in custody is wanted for deportation.
—Jason Plummer, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
But that did not happen, leaving nearly 140 Venezuelan migrants in the custody of jailers at a notorious Salvadoran prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailer. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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