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单词 slammers
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slammer

noun

slam·​mer ˈsla-mər How to pronounce slammer (audio)
: jail, prison

Synonyms

  • bastille
  • big house [slang]
  • bridewell
  • brig
  • calaboose
  • can
  • clink [slang]
  • cooler
  • coop
  • guardroom
  • hock
  • hold
  • hoosegow
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • joint [slang]
  • jug
  • lockup
  • nick [British slang]
  • pen
  • penitentiary
  • pokey [slang]
  • prison
  • quod [British slang]
  • slam
  • stir [slang]
  • stockade
  • tolbooth [Scottish]
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Example Sentences

the Mafia capo ultimately landed in the slammer on a conviction of income tax evasion
Recent Examples on the Web Even if there weren’t many laughs to be had through all the tears shed in Monday's finale, which ended with Saul (Bob Odenkirk) in the slammer for the rest of his life, separated by razor wire from his one true love, Kim (Rhea Seehorn). Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022 Others involved in the investigation who took a plea deal were only put in the slammer for five to seven years. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021 He was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in the slammer. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021 Voters may once have looked at those violations as business-as-usual for pols, but over time, the penalties have morphed from mere fines to slammer-time — and likelier to sway voters. Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 For example: Four-term sheriff Lee Baca, now in a federal slammer for obstructing an FBI investigation into jail abuse, got both a master’s and a doctorate in public administration from USC. Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021 Authorities claim Hickman played a central role as organizer, slammer and spotter, including pretending to be a witness to accidents staged by others. John Simerman, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2020 The white-collar probe took on a dark specter in September, when Garrison, an allegedly prolific slammer, was shot dead at age 54 inside his apartment in the Gentilly neighborhood. John Simerman, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2020 Hotel tycoon Leona Helmsley checked herself into the slammer in 1989 for tax mistakes. Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

slammers

noun

plural of slammer
as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the Mafia capo ultimately landed in the slammer on a conviction of income tax evasion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • jails
  • penitentiaries
  • prisons
  • brigs
  • coolers
  • slams
  • cans
  • pokeys
  • stockades
  • lockups
  • jugs
  • pens
  • bastilles
  • cages
  • coops
  • clinks
  • bridewells
  • guardrooms
  • nicks
  • tanks
  • calabooses
  • big houses
  • hocks
  • joints
  • hoosegows
  • quods
  • jailhouses
  • hulks
  • stirs
  • bull pens
  • holds
  • cells
  • wards
  • dungeons
  • tolbooths
  • guardhouses
  • holes
  • keeps
  • work camps
  • concentration camps
  • reformatories
  • labor camps
  • stalags
  • glasshouses
  • reform schools
  • prison camps
  • gulags
  • blocks
  • oubliettes
  • training schools

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • outsides
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