Definition of inmate
:any of a group occupying a single place of residence;
especially
:a person confined (as in a prison or hospital)
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Recent Examples of inmate from the Web
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Attorneys for the two inmates, Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes, want the judge to throw out their confessions, a step that could lead to their release after nearly two decades behind bars.
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The inquiry into the inmate’s death is ongoing, the Sheriff’s Office said.
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And individual stories of cruelty are legion, such as this beatdown of a paraplegic inmate who merely asked for a catheter.
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Concerned about rising floodwaters, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice evacuated about 4,500 inmates on Saturday from prisons near the Brazos River to locations in East Texas.
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After an inmate’s death at the Lansing Correctional Facility in March, a federal investigation was opened.
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Unless a court steps in, Asay will be the first inmate in Florida to receive the lethal combination.
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A memo dated August 1, 2017 requires that all federal prisons with female inmates carry at least one brand of tampon, pad, and panty liner—and offer them to prisoners for free.
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Instead, Hanford researchers in the late 1960s went to a local prison and paid the inmates to allow the irradiation of their testicles, to see just how much radiation a man can receive before the tails fall from his sperm.
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First Known Use of inmate
1609
INMATE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of inmate for English Language Learners
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: a person who is kept in a prison or mental hospital
INMATE Defined for Kids
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Definition of inmate for Students
:a person confined in an institution (as a hospital or prison)
Medical Dictionary
inmate
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medical Definition of inmate
:one of a group occupying a single place of residence;
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:a person confined (as in a psychiatric hospital) especially for a long time
Law Dictionary
inmate
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in·mate
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legal Definition of inmate
:a person confined in an institution (as a prison or hospital)
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