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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Black Warrant carved out a distinct voice in the crime genre by flipping the lens—from the prisoner to the jailer.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Under the governor’s threat of removal, Orange County commissioners on Tuesday ratified an agreement that could allow county jailers to transport immigration detainees to federal detention facilities.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Otherwise, Americans may soon find themselves at the mercy of unaccountable corporate jailers.
—Andres Oppenheimer
july 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
One of the deaths mentioned is that of Anthony Johnson Jr., who was killed in the Tarrant County jail during an altercation with jailers in April.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Under the governor’s threat of removal, Orange County commissioners on Tuesday ratified an agreement that could allow county jailers to transport immigration detainees to federal detention facilities.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Otherwise, Americans may soon find themselves at the mercy of unaccountable corporate jailers.
—Andres Oppenheimer
july 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
One of the deaths mentioned is that of Anthony Johnson Jr., who was killed in the Tarrant County jail during an altercation with jailers in April.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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