- one of the people living in an institution such as a prison or a psychiatric hospital
- The jail has 500 inmates.
- He was attacked by a fellow inmate.
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1- The inmates were transferred to an undisclosed location.
- a camp where more than 4 000 inmates are housed
- a former inmate of an Ohio prison
- inmates serving lengthy terms
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fellow
- former
- new
- …
- transfer
- free
- release
- …
- escape
- serve something
- population
- among inmate
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a person who shared a house, specifically a lodger or subtenant): probably originally from inn + mate, later associated with in.Want to learn more?
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