Usually means: New York City's main jail.
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  1. Rikers Island: Merriam-Webster
  2. Rikers Island: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Rikers Island: Wiktionary
  4. Rikers Island: Dictionary.com
  5. Riker's Island, Rikers Island (song), Rikers Island, Rikers island: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Rikers Island: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Rikers Island)

noun:  An island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, New York that is home to New York City's main jail complex.
noun:  (by extension) The jail complex on the island.

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