cellmate

noun

cell·mate ˈsel-ˌmāt

variants or less commonly cell mate

plural cellmates also cell mates

: a person who shares a prison cell with another prisoner

When his cellmates learned that his bond had been set at $1 million (and bail at $500,000), they broke into laughter and shook their heads in disbelief.—

Richard Behar

Within a week, guards came by at night and told me to get ready. … I said goodbye to my cellmates and gathered my things …—

Clare Morgana Gillis

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Bowman argues that jurors never heard that his cousin had confessed to killing Martin to a cellmate and that prosecutors ignored evidence that pointed to his cousin's and another man's guilt. —

Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 No one knew where his body was, but the family believed the cellmate’s account. —

Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 The relationship between the cellmates was presented as transactional. —

Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025 His cellmates had to bang on the door to ask for a nurse. —

Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cellmate