: any of a group occupying a single place of residence
especially
: a person confined (as in a prison or hospital)
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Proposition 6 would allow inmates to work at such jobs as a way to earn credit toward time off.
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Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
State troopers are searching for two inmates who escaped from Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington Sunday night.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
South Carolina has carried out the execution of death row inmate Richard Moore for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, despite calls for clemency from some of his trial's former jurors, the judge from his original trial, pastors, a former state prison director and members of his family.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Moore’s lawyers asked Republican Gov. Henry McMaster to reduce his sentence to life in prison without parole because of his spotless prison record and willingness to be a mentor to other inmates.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
State troopers are searching for two inmates who escaped from Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington Sunday night.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
South Carolina has carried out the execution of death row inmate Richard Moore for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, despite calls for clemency from some of his trial's former jurors, the judge from his original trial, pastors, a former state prison director and members of his family.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Moore’s lawyers asked Republican Gov. Henry McMaster to reduce his sentence to life in prison without parole because of his spotless prison record and willingness to be a mentor to other inmates.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inmate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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inmate
noun
in·mate
ˈin-ˌmāt 
: a member of a group living in a single residence
especially
: a person kept in an institution (as a hospital or prison)
Medical Definition
inmate
noun
in·mate
ˈin-ˌmāt
: one of a group occupying a single place of residence
especially
: a person confined (as in a psychiatric hospital) especially for a long time
Legal Definition
inmate
noun
in·mate
ˈin-ˌmāt
: a person confined in an institution (as a prison or hospital)
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