Synonyms for inmate
ˈɪnˌmeɪtin·mate

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1. inmatenoun

   one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)

   Synonyms:
   convict, yardbird, yard bird, con, inpatient

2. inpatient, inmatenoun

   a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

   Synonyms:
   convict, yardbird, yard bird, con, inpatient

3. convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun

   a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, inpatient, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, bunko game, con game, gyp, yard bird, bunco game, con, sting, yardbird, flimflam

Matched Categories

1. • Patient
   • Prisoner
   • Resident

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1. inmatenoun

   Synonyms:
   fellow-lodger, fellow-boarder

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1. inmatenoun

   Synonyms:
   occupant

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1. List of paraphrases for "inmate":

   prisoner, detainee, detained, convict, detainees, inmates, held, prisoners, lodger, offender, prison

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How to use inmate in a sentence?

1. Jeffrey Ray:

   This conduct was intentional, not accidental, it required a knowledge of the JPay system and multiple actions by every inmate who exploited the system's vulnerability to improperly credit their account.

2. Victor Frankl:

   There were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom; which determined whether or not you become the plaything to circumstance, renouncing freedom and dignity to become molded into the form of the typical inmate.

3. Michael Skelly:

   To run our jails effectively, efficiently and safely, you need to have optimal staffing levels. You need to hire staff to maintain optimal staffing levels, everything that happens through our jails in terms of care, custody and control, inmate services, safety and security runs through staffing levels.

4. District Attorney Darcel Clark:

   These convictions... close a chapter in Rikers Island’s sad, brutal history, they send a clear message that a uniform and a badge do not absolve anyone from committing a crime, and that even an inmate deserves to be treated like a human being.

5. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee:

   Johnson, 68, faces execution after being convicted in the 1984 murder of Connie Johnson, Connie Johnson. Several religious leaders, include the president of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which Johnson is a member, have urged Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to grant Johnson clemency. Johnsons supporters said the inmate experienced a religious conversion and now ministers to other prisoners. BOY, 8, FINDS GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS MOM AT COLLEGE BASEBALL GAME On Tuesday, Leeannounced his decision to deny clemencyfor Johnson, FOX 17 reported. After a prayerful and deliberate consideration of Don Johnsons request for clemency, and after a thorough review of the case, I am upholding the sentence of the State of Tennessee and will not be intervening.