What's the difference between convict and inmate?

Convict


Definition:

  • (p.a.) Proved or found guilty; convicted.
  • (n.) A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
  • (n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
  • (v. t.) To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.
  • (v. t.) To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
  • (v. t.) To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
  • (v. t.) To defeat; to doom to destruction.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That motivation is echoed by Nicola Saunders, 25, an Edinburgh University graduate who has just been called to the bar to practise as a barrister and is tutoring Moses, an ex-convict, in maths.
  • (2) A 76-year-old British national has been held in an Iranian jail for more than four years and convicted of spying, his family has revealed, as they seek to draw attention to the plight of a man they describe as one of the “oldest and loneliest prisoners in Iran”.
  • (3) The Mexican government has said that it “strongly rejects” the scheduled execution in Texas of a Mexican man convicted of killing a police officer .
  • (4) Eleven US soldiers have been convicted in the Abu Ghraib scandal.
  • (5) Butler was convicted of grevious bodily harm and child cruelty, and sentenced to prison.
  • (6) Having already seen off the Winklevoss twins who claimed he stole the idea for Facebook from them , Zuckerberg now faces a convicted fraudster who says he has a contract giving him 84% of the social network.
  • (7) In my party there are no red lines, only firm convictions,” he declared.
  • (8) As for his detention following a possible conviction … although Mr Aswat would have access to mental health services regardless of which prison he was be detained in, his extradition to a country where he had no ties and where he would face an uncertain future in an as yet undetermined institution, and possibly be subjected to the highly restrictive regime in ADX Florence, would violate article 3 of the convention."
  • (9) Its investigations have also resulted in 107 officials in the law enforcement agencies being convicted.
  • (10) There are no cases Money could uncover of people convicted for slipping a dodgy £1 into a vending machine or palming one off to their newsagent, but criminal gangs have been jailed for manufacturing fake coins.
  • (11) No one was convicted of a crime, or even arrested before her death, although the identities of the main culprits were known to police and council officials.
  • (12) With the first prosecutions under way in the UK and Guinea-Bissau , an increased focus on strengthening the law in Kenya , and a rare conviction in Uganda , positive moves are being made in several countries to implement laws that ban female genital mutilation (FGM).
  • (13) The experts' public report will include recommendations for particularly difficult removal requests (such as criminal convictions); thoughts on the implications of the court's decision for European internet users, news publishers, search engines and others; and procedural steps that could improve accountability and transparency for websites and citizens.
  • (14) A DWI conviction may also stimulate the drunk driver to seek treatment for alcoholism.
  • (15) Of the 781 tattooed men, 62% had tattoos on their forearms, 34.2% had self-injured scars on their bodies, and 18.6% had criminal convictions.
  • (16) Whatever conclusion the crowd might have drawn, what's striking is that Tempest's poem couldn't be ignored: the conviction and drama of her performance forced a reaction and coloured the rest of the evening.
  • (17) 'Devastated' Peter Greste calls on Egypt's president to pardon trio Read more “It’s ironic that the conviction was for tarnishing Egypt’s reputation when ... this [case] is what’s tarnished Egypt’s image,” Clooney told BBC News.
  • (18) More adequate talks and correspondence by letter or through the telephone, a better compensation for the prison work, the convict representation in some sectors of intramural life, the measures as an alternative to enprisonment, all these actions represent the practical results of the reform achieved so far in a rather satisfactory way.
  • (19) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole.” Obama reduces sentences of 46 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes Read more As his sister put it, Bennett “got caught up” in a five-man drug ring run by an old friend, John Hansley, to pay for his addiction to crack.
  • (20) Kambanda and several members of his cabinet were convicted of genocide by an international tribunal .

Inmate


Definition:

  • (n.) One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.
  • (a.) Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They also demonstrate the viability of a family support service which relies on inmate leadership, community volunteer participation, and institutional support.
  • (2) The Vatican spokesman said two of the 12 whose feet were washed were Muslim inmates.
  • (3) It is also believed that senior Taliban inmates in Pakistan have been placed under a more liberal regime, such as being allowed to make telephone calls under supervision.
  • (4) He said it had been introduced in 2003 and had resulted in more than 3,000 inmates being held without a release date beyond their minimum term.
  • (5) The disclosures were contained in a report by the prisons watchdog on HMP Lindholme, a category C prison near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, which holds just over 1,000 adult male inmates.
  • (6) Sixty-two elderly apparently healthy volunteers, inmates of a public nursing home, were examined for evidence of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS).
  • (7) Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates, allowing the state to continue carrying out death sentences once its existing supply expires at the end of the month.
  • (8) The joint report also highlights the fact that bad behaviour by inmates on the prison wings is seen as a security issue rather than something that needs to be addressed by the offender management unit.
  • (9) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole.” Obama reduces sentences of 46 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes Read more As his sister put it, Bennett “got caught up” in a five-man drug ring run by an old friend, John Hansley, to pay for his addiction to crack.
  • (10) Since infectious complications among geriatric inmates will add stress to a correctional health care system that is already burdened by inmates with AIDS-related illnesses, clinical recognition of these complications and preventive measures are of great importance.
  • (11) If correctional institutions constrain inmates' access to social benefits, means exist to protect incarcerated people's rights in health studies.
  • (12) That court said it was up to individual countries to decide which inmates should be denied the right to vote from jail, but a total ban was illegal.
  • (13) Hardwick said the cages used within the exercise yard for segregated inmates were not fit for purpose.
  • (14) During the inspection, staff shortages meant "an emergency core day" was to be imposed at Pentonville from October leading to even further reductions in inmates' time out of their cells and leaving some prisoners with no access to purposeful activity or education, the chief inspector said.
  • (15) It also suggests that the next assault on the hapless inmates of the Israeli-made prison is just a matter of time.
  • (16) The warden threatened to have her killed by other inmates.
  • (17) Under the restrictions to the Racial Justice Act introduced by the now Republican-held legislature, death row inmates must now provide more than mere statistical evidence that discrimination took place.
  • (18) The US military source described Mohammed Basardah as an "invaluable" source who had shown "exceptional co-operation", but lawyers for other inmates claim his evidence is unreliable.
  • (19) Evidence of systematic and brutal mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at a secret British military interrogation centre that is being described as the UK's Abu Ghraib emerged today during high court proceedings brought by more than 200 former inmates.
  • (20) Earlier this year, a former prisoner in Sichuan complained that he was beaten by officers after filing anonymous complaints relating to the mistreatment of fellow inmates.