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cellmate

[sel-meyt]

noun

  1. a fellow inmate in a prison cell.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of cellmate1

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Example Sentences

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Locked up in juvenile hall, Pineda unburdened himself to an informant whom investigators arranged to be his cellmate.

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Two of his acquaintances – a former cellmate and a former girlfriend – will also repeat what they told police: that Cédric confessed to the murder and told them where her body was.

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Menendez was also linked to three other violations, although another cellmate of his took responsibility for those violations.

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He slept poorly, notching only a few hours per night, in part because of a noisy cellmate, who he said appeared to be in crisis, reading aloud, repeatedly flushing the toilet all night and threatening to harm him.

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Garcia said his cellmate was worried about these protests.

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