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Noun

S: (n) prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey (someone who guards prisoners)

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W: (v) jail [Related to: jailer, jailor] (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail) "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
W: (v) gaol [Related to: gaoler] (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail) "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"