inmate
Example Sentences
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The newly pardoned inmate was escorted to the captain’s office, where he used the captain’s phone to talk to Smith, his fellow pardon recipient, according to a source familiar with the situation.
From Salon
It led to zero inmates in state custody based solely on immigration status.
During his time with the show, he has reported on topics including Covid patients with long-term symptoms, the drug war in Mexico and inmates in an African prison who created Grammy-winning music.
Inside Zona 7, about 60 inmates remain, along with hundreds more countrywide for whose release family members have been clamoring for weeks.
From Barron's
In Mansfield: “The Shawshank Redemption” was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, where Tim Robbins’s character tells the inmate played by Morgan Freeman: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
