Thesaurus results for INMATE

inmate

noun

Definition of inmate next

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 Her file in the Sheriff of Los Angeles County’s inmate search described her as having blond hair and brown eyes. —

Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026 Other inmates get to go to the yard. —

Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026 The filmmakers and inmates carried out this investigation in secret, through anonymous phone calls and surreptitious recordings, ultimately revealing systemic rot inside a sadistic prison system. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026 During such executions, inmates breathe in pure nitrogen gas through a mask, eventually displacing all the oxygen in their body and suffocating them. —

Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inmate

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prisoner

Noun

While incarcerated, he was later convicted in 2014 in Los Angeles County of assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Tewalt’s changes to the state’s lethal injection protocols came about eight months after the prison system failed to execute a different death row prisoner in early 2024 when its execution team could not find a vein in his body suitable for an IV to deliver the chemicals.

— Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026