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UK
/ˈɪnmeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈɪnˌmeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnˌmeɪt/ ]
NOUN
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
- one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
How To Use inmate In A Sentence
- I am an inmate of that hospital.
- As the phalanx of furious, excited inmates came sweeping into the servery, Jerrold recognised his danger. THE SCAR
- While the inmates of the home are provided with skill training in handicrafts, embroidery and sewing based on their aptitude, the children including those of sex workers are educated.
- All the inmates had to be protected and watched over, and any problems that arose would have to be sorted out at once.
- Tahoma has a work-release program for non-violent offenders and routinely has inmates doing some of their time providing labor at the cemetery. Reggie Buddle
- Inmates feel isolated and are already overburdened by the tension of courts and hearings.
- About fifteen inmates broke through onto the roof.
- He's in the prison, he's dobbing on his prison mates, on other inmates, and he's very scared for his life.
- Barely 12 or 13 inmates had turned up during 1998-2003 for tailoring and stenography.
- You know, Raymond, very often, we hear about so-called jailhouse justice, where other inmates take on the role of Lady Justice -- for instance, in the double murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Simpson. CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2008