prison guard

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Noun

prison guard (plural prison guards)

1. (law enforcement) An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.

Synonyms

• corrections officer, jailer, turnkey, warder, jailor, screw, cop

Translations

• French: surveillant pénitentiaire, gardien de prison
• German: (colloquial) Schließer, Gefängniswärter, (bureaucratese) Justizvollzugsbeamte
• Italian: guardia carceraria, agente di custodia, carceriere, secondino
• Spanish: carcelero

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