jailer

noun

jail·er | \ ˈjā-lər

variants: or less commonly jailor

Definition of jailer

1 : a keeper of a jail

2 : one that restricts another's liberty as if by imprisonment

Examples of jailer in a Sentence

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Jones told jailers that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression, is unemployed and receives food stamps. — oregonlive.com, "Booby traps along I-205 bike path nets 2nd defendant community service, order to write apology," 24 June 2019 Before the sun rose, a white mob stormed the jailer, took a weakened and wounded Perry from his cell, near present-day Heritage Square, and hanged him, reportedly in view of Judge John Cheney’s home. — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, "Downtown marker memorializes July Perry, lynched in Orlando nearly a century ago," 21 June 2019 Turkey is the world’s worst jailer of journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, "Turkey frees journalist who faced prison for Erdogan insult," 15 June 2019 And that therefore there is a sort of, longing, and an unbreakable bond between the prisoner and the jailer. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Why Les Misérables's Dominic West Thinks Jean Valjean Is a Better Hero Than Spiderman," 15 Apr. 2019 The barbarity of the jailers was largely caricature, a suggestion of cruelty rather than something more graphic. — John Anderson, WSJ, "‘Papillon’ Review: Isolation and Infamy," 23 Aug. 2018 Both jail workers were treated at a hospital and released, said deputy jailer 1st Lt. — Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, Fox News, "Police: 2 Kentucky inmates injure jail staff, escape," 22 Aug. 2018 The jailer then found a small baggie of suspected marijuana wedged between the binding and the Bible's pages. — Max Londberg, kansascity, "Missouri woman used a Bible to try to smuggle meth and weed into a jail, police say | The Kansas City Star," 29 Mar. 2018 Surveillance video obtained by Channel 2 Action News allegedly shows a Polk County jailer Tasing an inmate who was strapped to a chair. — Zachary Hansen, ajc, "WATCH: Video allegedly shows jailer use Taser on inmate strapped to chair," 26 May 2018

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