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 Attorneys for the officers and probation union officials said the prosecutions were an overreaction to a video — first published by The Times in 2024 — that showed officers standing by as several youths pummeled a fellow inmate at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. —

Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 That inmate was later identified by the Coroner’s Office as Donnell Cox; medical examiners deemed his death was by natural causes. —

Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026 Jordan was stabbed and seriously wounded in Brooklyn’s troubled federal jail last year; other inmates were charged with assaulting him. —

ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 Studies show false-positive rates are especially high in prisons, which can lead to unfair punishments for inmates. —

Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inmate

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prisoner

Noun

The charges follow a military report released in 2020 that found evidence that elite Australian Special Air Service and commando regiment troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and other noncombatants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Macron’s office denied there was any such agreement about a prisoner swap.

— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026