15
prisoner(noun, patient, bad man, prisoner)
13
convict(noun, con, captive, patient, bad man)
10
jailbird(noun, patient)
10
resident(noun, person, inhabitant)
9
patient(noun, person, case, subject, invalid)
9
captive(noun, prisoner, prisoners)
7
inhabitant(noun, person, inhabitant)
7
occupant(noun, inhabitant)
6
con
6
denizen(noun, inhabitant)
6
dweller(noun, inhabitant)
6
inpatient
6
incumbent(noun, inhabitant)
6
yardbird(noun, prisoners)
5
case(noun, subject, invalid, patient, casualty)
5
tenant(noun, companion, patron, inhabitant, visitor)
5
hostage(noun, prisoner, prisoners)
5
jail bird(noun, expression, idiom, bad man)
4
detainee(noun, prisoner, prisoners)
4
companion(patron, visitor, caller, invitee)
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