prison warder
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprisonandwarder
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prison
noun
uk/ˈprɪz.ən/us/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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warder
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɔː.dər/us/ˈwɔːr.dɚ/
a person who is in charge of people ...
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(Definition ofprisonandwarderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is, no doubt, one of the factors which makes it difficult to recruit the right type of person as aprisonwarder.
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For example, if a prisoner is charged with an offence against aprisonwarder, he may be sentenced to be flogged.
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For what these figures are worth, they seem to indicate that the fears entertained by the police officers andprisonwarderservice are not groundless.
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In olden days the prison chaplains had their ownprisonwarderwho had keys so that they could go where they liked.
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Does he agree that a police officer,prisonwarderor public servant deserves extra protection because society asks them to do a specific task?
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The argument is not all in favour of theprisonwarder.
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Nine years for depriving a policeman of his life, or aprisonwarder, or the occupier of a dwelling-house.
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I appreciate that the unhappy task of theprisonwardercalls for many special qualities.
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The teacher, the policeman and theprisonwardernow want to be able to have a home to which they can retire.
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It is not a case of theprisonwarderon the landing taking a decision, but a governor considering the charge that has been brought.
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Theprisonwarderis very important.
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That rules out probably every police officer and everyprisonwarderbetween 45 and 60 now on pension, unless, indeed, he happens to be incapacitated physically.
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How can theprisonwarderdecide whether he can have regard to the extent to which the prisoner's behaviour during the period has exceeded that standard?
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That is theprisonwardersection.
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It is only on the advice of aprisonwarderon a landing, who can assess whether the prisoner's behaviour has attained the prescribed minimum standard.
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All are watched over by the benevolent authority figure of theprisonwarder/traffic warden.
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There were allegations in 2004 that he had carried on an affair with a femaleprisonwarder.
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He was educated to elementary level and worked as aprisonwarder.
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