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  • noun Plural form of jailor.

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Examples

  • As Spock walked forward, hearing the footfalls of his jailors tracking behind him, the tableau put him in mind of what had brought him to the security office.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • As Spock walked forward, hearing the footfalls of his jailors tracking behind him, the tableau put him in mind of what had brought him to the security office.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • As Spock walked forward, hearing the footfalls of his jailors tracking behind him, the tableau put him in mind of what had brought him to the security office.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • Whith this step, inmates and jailors alike come to see the failure of the system, and the jailhouse wallsfall.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa 2010

  • But once he was back in American custody, on February 14, 2004, Libi recanted what he had falsely told his Egyptian jailors.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • As Spock walked forward, hearing the footfalls of his jailors tracking behind him, the tableau put him in mind of what had brought him to the security office.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • But once he was back in American custody, on February 14, 2004, Libi recanted what he had falsely told his Egyptian jailors.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • To this end, his jailors make him available to visitors.

    March 13th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • But once he was back in American custody, on February 14, 2004, Libi recanted what he had falsely told his Egyptian jailors.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • It says that jailors under Mr. Baca's authority formed gangs that identified themselves with tattoos and used ritual beatings of inmates to win prestige with fellow deputies.

    ACLU Sues Los Angeles Sheriff Over Inmates' Treatment Tamara Audi 2012

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