jailer

variants also jailor
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Recent Examples of jailer Anyway, after Kishore’s tale is over, the jailer takes a shine to him and brings the young man home to introduce him to his wife — Asha! Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026 The jailer was said to have found blood on Bethea’s underwear when he was asked to disrobe. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 Press freedom groups rank China as the world's top jailer of journalists, with 112 journalists and media workers currently behind bars, alongside another eight in Hong Kong in the wake of Beijing's imposition of a national security law there in 2020. Ashish Valentine, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025 Black Warrant carved out a distinct voice in the crime genre by flipping the lens—from the prisoner to the jailer. Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jailer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailer
Noun
  • In the letter accompanying Knight's warrant to the state prison warden, DeSantis appeared to mistakenly reference Hitchcock instead of Knight.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The most visible woman at the company, though, had long been Donaldson’s mother, Sue Parisher, a former military-prison warden who led the company’s HR department.
    Irin Carmon, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The cause of the fire and explosion were under investigation on Wednesday afternoon by the Des Plaines Fire Department, Des Plaines Police Department, with assistance from Cook County, the Illinois fire marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
    Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Cobb Vanth The old-fashioned cowboy wore Boba Fett's armor and weapons as the marshal of Mos Pelgo on Tatooine and was an loyal ally of the Mando – until Cad Bane gunned him down in cold blood.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Police said the suspect was detained and used a gun owned by a legal guardian.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Entrants must be in grades 5-12; a parent/guardian must submit for students aged 12 and younger.
    Keith Sharon, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • This is a super-interesting profile by Tom Burrows on Paris Saint-Germain’s Matvey Safonov, the Russian ‘keeper who is seeing them through the second half of the season.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Dortmund ‘keeper Gregor Kobel denied Cyriaque Irié a consolation goal.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The union, which represents animal care specialists, patrol officers, custodians, groundskeepers, patrol officers, aides and seasonal workers, said the zoo's last contract offer would have taken away their health care plan without providing a comparable alternative.
    Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • The report scored 542 tokenized assets on a scale from wrapper, where a token represents a claim on an offchain asset held by a custodian, to native, where issuance, redemption, and custody all happen fully onchain.
    Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The Magic guard opened 3-for-4 from beyond the arc, hitting two 3-pointers in the final three minutes of the second quarter.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Much like former head coach Tom Thibodeau, Mike Brown prefers to use McBride off the ball as a spot-up shooter — but also as a guard-to-guard screen setter.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailer. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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