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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slammers
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Earlier on Thursday, her sentence was reduced by a further one-sixth as part of a wider amnesty of all prisoners in Myanmar’s jails.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Carranza said county jails need to be modernized and need more medical staff to care for a population that is increasingly mentally ill and struggling with addiction.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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The bullet points highlight Steyer’s hedge fund’s investments in fossil fuel, tobacco, private prisons and casinos.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In Pennsylvania and across the nation, suboxone is being heralded as the answer to addiction, especially in prisons and jails.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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“Slammers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slammers. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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