After the bailiff repossessed Tom's house, he was forced to doss down at a homeless shelter.
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Bailiff
//ˈbeɪlɪf//
Synonyms for "bailiff" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
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Related words (48)
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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8 entriesis a
10 entriesrelated to
82 entriesShowing 16 of 82 words.
Translations
80 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَأْمُور noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Armenian
1 entries- դատական կարգադրիչ noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Belarusian
1 entries- судо́вы выкана́ўца noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Bulgarian
1 entries- съде́бен при́став noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Catalan
2 entries- agutzil noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- algutzir noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 執達主任 /执达主任 noun (British officer of the court)
- 執達主任 /执达主任 noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- 執達吏 /执达吏 noun (British officer of the court)
- 執達吏 /执达吏 noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 執達主任 /执达主任 noun (British officer of the court)
- 執達主任 /执达主任 noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- 執達吏 /执达吏 noun (British officer of the court)
- 執達吏 /执达吏 noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Czech
1 entries- soudní exekutor noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Dutch
4 entries- amman noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- baljuw noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- drossaard noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- drost noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Faroese
1 entries- fúti noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Finnish
2 entries- oikeudenpalvelija noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- vouti noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
French
2 entries- huissier noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- huissier de justice noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Galician
4 entries- bailío noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- godallo noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- meiriño noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- pertegueiro noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
German
3 entries- Büttel noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- Gerichtsvollzieher noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- Häscher noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Hindi
1 entries- कारिदा noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Hungarian
4 entries- fegyőr noun (a law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order)
- teremszolga noun (a law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order)
- teremőr noun (a law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order)
- törvényszolga noun (a law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order)
Indonesian
1 entries- juru sita noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Ingrian
1 entries- kubjas noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Irish
4 entries- báille noun (British officer of the court)
- báille noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- báille noun (a law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order)
- maor noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Japanese
1 entries- 執達吏 noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Korean
1 entries- 집행관 noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Latin
4 entries- ballivus noun (British officer of the court)
- bāiulus noun (British officer of the court)
- bāiulus noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- bāiulus noun (a law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order)
Macedonian
1 entries- су́дски извр́шител noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Malay
2 entries- bailif noun (British officer of the court)
- بايليف noun (British officer of the court)
Manx
2 entries- baylee noun (British officer of the court)
- meoir noun (British officer of the court)
Norman
1 entries- bailli noun (chief justice of a Channel Island bailiwick)
Polabian
2 entries- amman noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- åberhai̯d noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Polish
3 entries- baliw noun (British officer of the court)
- baliw noun (chief justice of a Channel Island bailiwick)
- komornik noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Portuguese
2 entries- meirinho noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- oficial de justiça noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Russian
4 entries- бе́йлиф noun (British officer of the court)
- при́став-исполни́тель noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- суде́бный исполни́тель noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- суде́бный при́став noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- bàillidh noun (British officer of the court)
- maor noun (British officer of the court)
Slovak
2 entries- exekútor noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- súdny exekútor noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Spanish
1 entries- alguacil noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Swedish
2 entries- fogde noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
- tillsyningsman noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Ukrainian
1 entries- судови́й викона́вець noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Venetan
1 entries- ofisiałe noun (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The defendant handed his paperwork to the bailiff rather than directly to the judge.
Source: tatoeba (9496209)
Nothing was more frequent than for a bailiff to seize Jack by the shoulders, and cry, "Mr. Peter, you are the king's prisoner."
Source: tatoeba (9940590)
The Bailiff of Jersey is the President of the States and acts as Speaker of the Assembly in the Westminster tradition. He is responsible for the orderly conduct of the States Assembly and its business. As Presiding Officer he has the right of speech – which is mainly exercised for ensuring the orderly conduct of the proceedings – but he cannot vote.
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