The inmate was doing time for a burglary conviction.
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Inmate
//ˈɪn.meɪt//
Synonyms for "inmate" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
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Related words (17)
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2 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- سَاكِن noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- سَاكِنَة noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- سَجِين m سَجِينَة noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- نَزِيل m نَزِيلَة noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Bulgarian
2 entries- обита́тел noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- обита́телка noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
Catalan
2 entries- intern noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- resident noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 囚犯 noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- 病人 noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Czech
3 entries- chovanec noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- pacient noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- vězeň noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Dutch
2 entries- gedetineerde noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- gevangene noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Esperanto
4 entries- enfermito noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- kaptito noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- malliberulo noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- prizonulo noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Finnish
1 entries- vanki noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
French
4 entries- codétenu noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- codétenue noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- détenu noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- détenue noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
German
4 entries- Bewohner noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- Bewohnerin noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- Insasse noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- Insassin noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Greek
1 entries- τρόφιμος noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Hindi
4 entries- अन्तःवासी noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- निवासी noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- भीतरिया noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- वासी noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
Italian
4 entries- detenuto noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- internato noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- interno noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- prigioniero noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Macedonian
1 entries- затвореник noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اسیر noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Polish
3 entries- więzień noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- więźniarka noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- współmieszkaniec noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
Portuguese
1 entries- interno noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Russian
4 entries- жи́тель noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- жи́тельница noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- заключённая noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- заключённый noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Slovak
3 entries- chovanec noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- pacient noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- väzeň noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Spanish
4 entries- convicto noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- detenido noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- internado noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- interno noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Turkish
2 entries- mukim noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- yusufiyeli noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Ukrainian
4 entries- в'я́зень noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
- жиле́ць noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- ме́шканець noun (one who occupies a dwelling-house)
- паціє́нт noun (one confined to institution, such as a prison)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom has been an inmate of a high-security prison for the past three years.
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The most dangerous inmate escaped.
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The correctional officer beat an inmate.
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