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Definition of lifer in English: lifernoun ˈlʌɪfəˈlaɪfər 1informal A person serving a life sentence. 〈非正式〉无期徒刑犯 Example sentencesExamples - Nearly half the inmates here are lifers with little gain to gain from cooperating with investigators.
- I say we use the chain gang system for lifers, and only lifers.
- The place had a feel of wandering round a high security prison full of psychopathic lifers doing solitary.
- I meet adult prisoners, including lifers, every day in education and we all take the same classes.
- The diversity of designs would make the prison tattoos of a lifer in a Russian jail look as if he didn't have much time on his hands.
- Life sentence prisoners in England and Wales fall into two categories: mandatory lifers and discretionary lifers.
- Category A prisoners or lifers at Horfield Prison in Bristol are only allowed one two-hour visit each fortnight and so far she has been the only person to see him in jail.
- Glenochil numbers 80 lifers among its 500 inmates, but it seems this is less daunting than governing under ‘the white hot glare of the media’.
- We estimate his proposals will double the number of lifers in our prisons, which will increase the huge overcrowding problem.
- To reach the threshold of exceptional progress there would also need to be some extra element to show that the lifer had done good works for the benefit of others.
- The fact that a decision to change the category of a lifer has not been made does not prevent the prisoner being moved.
- This list is made up of other designated dangerous offenders, lifers, hostage takers and others who might be likely to harm the staff or attempt escape.
- You will be treated as a discretionary lifer.
- At that time there was a lifer population of some 5200 prisoners, of whom over 3700 were mandatory lifers, in prisons in England and Wales.
- When I last had statistics, there were 3,600 lifers in our prisons.
- It reports that the lifer population in U.S. prisons has more than tripled in the past two decades.
- For discretionary lifers this minimum period is known as the ' relevant part ' of the sentence.
- One long-term lifer, a woman in fact, told me once that she never met a lifer in her time in prison who didn't approve of capital punishment.
- Mandatory lifers who have not yet had a tariff fixed will now have to wait until the new legislation is in place to have their tariffs judicially set.
- Before most lifers die in prison, they grow old, get sick, and must be cared for.
2North American A person who spends their life in a particular career, especially in one of the armed forces. 〈北美〉终生从事某一职业的人（尤指终身职业军人） Example sentencesExamples - His career as a Colgate lifer illustrates the company's determination to constantly strengthen its management bench through a combination of global job opportunities and personal development.
- A fire department captain, a lifer who would do 33 years before retiring to a Florida golf course, he used days off to tee it up.
- A career soldier in a family of military lifers, Dallaire was appointed to head the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in June 1993.
- He has been called a basketball lifer not because he has spent his whole life in the game, but because the game is such a big part of life.
- Most of the lifers think that the military lacks discipline and blame the new ‘Nintendo generation’ soldiers for the weakness.
- He is a baseball lifer who enjoys the mental challenge of catching.
- The press, the political community, the inside-the-Beltway lifers - they prefer a rich display of details, a bit of nuance, and some wit.
- The rest of us are just sort of lifer musician-types.
- He's one of those baseball lifers constantly pitching for his next paycheck.
Rhymescipher, encipher, fifer, Haifa, knifer Definition of lifer in US English: lifernounˈlīfərˈlaɪfər 1informal A person serving a life sentence in prison. 〈非正式〉无期徒刑犯 Example sentencesExamples - This list is made up of other designated dangerous offenders, lifers, hostage takers and others who might be likely to harm the staff or attempt escape.
- To reach the threshold of exceptional progress there would also need to be some extra element to show that the lifer had done good works for the benefit of others.
- The diversity of designs would make the prison tattoos of a lifer in a Russian jail look as if he didn't have much time on his hands.
- The place had a feel of wandering round a high security prison full of psychopathic lifers doing solitary.
- We estimate his proposals will double the number of lifers in our prisons, which will increase the huge overcrowding problem.
- One long-term lifer, a woman in fact, told me once that she never met a lifer in her time in prison who didn't approve of capital punishment.
- At that time there was a lifer population of some 5200 prisoners, of whom over 3700 were mandatory lifers, in prisons in England and Wales.
- Glenochil numbers 80 lifers among its 500 inmates, but it seems this is less daunting than governing under ‘the white hot glare of the media’.
- For discretionary lifers this minimum period is known as the ' relevant part ' of the sentence.
- I meet adult prisoners, including lifers, every day in education and we all take the same classes.
- You will be treated as a discretionary lifer.
- It reports that the lifer population in U.S. prisons has more than tripled in the past two decades.
- Nearly half the inmates here are lifers with little gain to gain from cooperating with investigators.
- Life sentence prisoners in England and Wales fall into two categories: mandatory lifers and discretionary lifers.
- Mandatory lifers who have not yet had a tariff fixed will now have to wait until the new legislation is in place to have their tariffs judicially set.
- The fact that a decision to change the category of a lifer has not been made does not prevent the prisoner being moved.
- Category A prisoners or lifers at Horfield Prison in Bristol are only allowed one two-hour visit each fortnight and so far she has been the only person to see him in jail.
- When I last had statistics, there were 3,600 lifers in our prisons.
- I say we use the chain gang system for lifers, and only lifers.
- Before most lifers die in prison, they grow old, get sick, and must be cared for.
2North American A person who spends their life in a particular career, especially in one of the armed forces. 〈北美〉终生从事某一职业的人（尤指终身职业军人） Example sentencesExamples - A fire department captain, a lifer who would do 33 years before retiring to a Florida golf course, he used days off to tee it up.
- He's one of those baseball lifers constantly pitching for his next paycheck.
- He is a baseball lifer who enjoys the mental challenge of catching.
- A career soldier in a family of military lifers, Dallaire was appointed to head the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in June 1993.
- He has been called a basketball lifer not because he has spent his whole life in the game, but because the game is such a big part of life.
- The press, the political community, the inside-the-Beltway lifers - they prefer a rich display of details, a bit of nuance, and some wit.
- His career as a Colgate lifer illustrates the company's determination to constantly strengthen its management bench through a combination of global job opportunities and personal development.
- Most of the lifers think that the military lacks discipline and blame the new ‘Nintendo generation’ soldiers for the weakness.
- The rest of us are just sort of lifer musician-types.
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