Brubaker
Reformist behind bars
Brubaker is a surname of German origin.
The word gained cultural currency from the 1980 film about a prison warden who goes undercover as an inmate to expose corruption.
Someone pulling a Brubaker infiltrates an institution to reform it from within.
The name appears occasionally as a given name.
Confinement for offenders
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- 1980Late twentieth century
investigation · inmates · brutality · whistleblower · justice · drama · Wakefield
Name from father's name
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
clan · bloodline · descent · forebears · relatives · dynasty · German-American · immigration
One sharing another's name
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- relativeConnected by blood
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- verificationProving something accurate
records · identification · persona · individuality · self-recognition
prison
Confinement for offenders
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
1980 · investigation · inmates · brutality · whistleblower · justice · drama · Wakefield
patronymic
Name from father's name
heritage · clan · bloodline · descent · forebears · relatives · dynasty · German-American · immigration · naturalization
namesake
One sharing another's name
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- relativeConnected by blood
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
verification · records · identification · persona · individuality · self-recognition