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Adam Barnett, a polished Miami penny-stock salesman with a penchant for beautiful women and expensive sneakers, spent weeks on trial accused of paying a fellow inmate to arrange the murder of a key witness and his ex-defense lawyer.
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Sydney Pereira, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Sources, though, told the newspaper that talks have stalled, with Afghan officials insisting that the Americans release Muhammad Rahim, the last Afghan inmate held at Guantánamo Bay, in any deal.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2026
The inmate is wearing a Tarrant County Jail vest.
—Brayden Garcia
january 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
She was booked at the Fullerton City Jail on Sunday, according to police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department inmate information center.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Sydney Pereira, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Sources, though, told the newspaper that talks have stalled, with Afghan officials insisting that the Americans release Muhammad Rahim, the last Afghan inmate held at Guantánamo Bay, in any deal.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2026
The inmate is wearing a Tarrant County Jail vest.
—Brayden Garcia
january 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
She was booked at the Fullerton City Jail on Sunday, according to police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department inmate information center.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmate
prisoner
Noun
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Griner served 10 months before being released as part of a prisoner exchange.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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At the memorial site of Auschwitz, located in an area of southern Poland which was under German occupation during World War II, former prisoners laid flowers and wreaths at a wall where German forces executed thousands of prisoners.—
Vanessa Gera,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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