inmate
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɪnˌmeɪt/
:
recluso (penitenciario)
- After the riot, many inmates were moved to different cells for their safety.
- prison inmates
- jail inmates
- federal inmates
He's confessed to me and another inmate, he said.
- He's confessed to me and another inmate, he said.
- I'm like, he's a mentally, he's a mentally incompetent inmate who does legal work.
- Let's say it rules adversely to the death row inmate.
- I made a film, Into the Abyss on death row inmates.
- You're never going to date an inmate, right?
- And so as it went on, he really became very, very popular amongst the inmates, right?
- Researchers at Oxford University, they wanted to see what would happen by improving the nutrition of prison inmates, right?
- So the roommate told another inmate and he got back to Griselda.
- I've been involved in a lot of inmates attacking my partner's guards.
- What happens if one of the one of those inmates tells you a lie?
Examples
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We had been training this group of inmates in a certain part of the prison.
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But despite the yard being open to the skies, the inmates are shrouded in darkness.
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Has William Johnson been an inmate in the New York State prison system?
Fiction book (1994) -
I was asked to give a talk to the inmates, look at some of their work.
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And the bigger issue is American prisons are terrible at keeping inmates safe.
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In some instances, inmates in the juvenile unit were locked in their cells for weeks.
Academic text (2013) -
Every day of work as an inmate firefighter counts as two days toward their sentence.
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During these visits, the team had discussions with inmates and uniformed officers and collected data for the project.
Academic text (2011) -
Cut to: Parker being given a crew cut by an inmate barber inside the prison barber shop.
Fiction book (1996) -
The prison offers educational programs to help inmates improve their skills before release.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person kept locked because they broke the law or were captured during a war
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3.2
A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is in prison
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7.4
A person serving time in prison
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6.8
A person authorities hold for legal or political reasons
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9.0
A person who is held in a camp without trial during a war, often for political reasons
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9.9
A person who serves a prison sentence for a fixed time
A person serving time in jail or prison
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word inmate comes from the parts in- ('inside') and mate (as in roommate), so it originally meant someone who lives in the same place. Today an inmate usually means a person kept inside a place like a prison or hospital.