cellmate

noun

cell·mate ˈsel-ˌmāt

variants or less commonly cell mate

plural cellmates also cell mates

: a person who shares a prison cell with another prisoner

When his cellmates learned that his bond had been set at $1 million (and bail at $500,000), they broke into laughter and shook their heads in disbelief.—

Richard Behar

Within a week, guards came by at night and told me to get ready. … I said goodbye to my cellmates and gathered my things …—

Clare Morgana Gillis

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Nigh’s two cellmates are alleged to have helped him into a ceiling chase, which is a space above a ceiling that often houses ducts, and covering for him. —

Phil Helsel, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025 Deputies said one cellmate told authorities that Inaru brought up the plot every day. —

Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025 This past January, 24-year-old Brandon Yates was tortured to death by a cellmate. —

Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024 Bowman argues that jurors never heard that his cousin had confessed to killing Martin to a cellmate and that prosecutors ignored evidence that pointed to his cousin's and another man's guilt. —

Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cellmate