prison guard
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prison guard
Where it comes from
From prison + guard.
noun prison guards · prisonguard
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An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.
And Tietelbaum has been bought and sold so many times by the dark Republican powers that be, look at the prisonguard beating trial and the Ventura County sewer fiasco.
Similar: corrections officer, jailer, turnkey, warder, jailor, screw, cop
Translations
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noun person working to provide order to in a jail
| Español | carcelero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 교도관 gyodogwan, 간수 gansu |
| 日本語 | 看守 kanshu, 刑務官 keimukan |
| 中文 | 獄警 /狱警 yùjǐng |
| Français | surveillant pénitentiaire, gardien de prison, garde-chiourme |
| Deutsch | Schließer, Gefängniswärter, Justizvollzugsbeamte |
| Italiano | guardia carceraria, agente di custodia, carceriere, secondino |
| Română | gardian, temnicer |
| Русский | тюре́мный охра́нник tjurémnyj oxránnik, тюре́мщик tjurémščik |
| Tiếng Việt | cai ngục |
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title = {prison guard},
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