SLAMMERS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of slammers In New Orleans, one of the earliest slammers was a jovial fellow named Damian Labeaud, who, starting in 2010, recruited passengers from the local community with the promise of insurance payouts, then took them hunting on the freeway for a truck. — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 And the Padres, after adding at the trade deadline, have their assortment of door slammers all locked up for the foreseeable future. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025

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No record of Gutierrez’s arrest appears in an online database maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees county jails, suggesting that he may have been booked in the LAPD’s detention facilities.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Unlike municipalities, Florida sheriffs offices and county jails were mandated to sign 287(g) agreements.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

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The Israeli Supreme Court earlier this year ordered the government to resume sharing such lists and allowing the ICRC to visit detainees in Israeli prisons to assess their conditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Flávio has promised to designate major criminal factions as terrorist groups, expand prisons and lower the age of criminal responsibility.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

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