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inmate

noun

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as in prisoner

a person who is kept in a prison the reintegration of former inmates into society

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Recent Examples of inmate The other inmates could easily hear what was happening in Lunas Campos’s cell. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 However, the sheriff's office said the inmate removed a ceiling tile while inside and climbed into the ceiling to try to escape custody. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 13 July 2026 In the Saint Alphonsus lawsuit, the hospital system claimed it was owed $14 million for medical care to inmates, and sought $5 million in interest. — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for inmate

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Alicent and Helaena will be held prisoner until Aemond is found and killed.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
The river has risen again and again, and in 1993, the Mississippi did not go over the levee, at first, but under it, burrowing a tunnel like a prisoner seeking freedom.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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