arrestee

noun

Definition of arresteenext
as in defendant

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Recent Examples of arrestee In 2010, Huntington Beach considered publicly shaming arrestees by posting their names on Facebook. — Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 The lawsuit, initially filed by former arrestee Darryl Dunsmore, already has prompted Martinez to pledge to make county jails compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 House Bill 1566, authored by Hatcher, would prohibit a judge from requiring an arrestee to pay bail as a condition of pretrial release unless the arrestee is a flight risk or danger, charged with murder or treason, on pretrial release for another case or on probation, parole or supervision. — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025 Law enforcement officials generally do not ask people who have been arrested to provide their identity and officials instead depend on their own subjective perception while filling out official forms and affidavits concerning an arrestee, the attorneys said. — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arrestee
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  1. defendant
  2. detainee
  3. suspect
  4. criminal
Noun
  • The judge’s opinion would identify the grounds for an acquittal or for holding the defendants’ liable.
    — Andrea Tinianow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Critics have long accused Saudi courts of relying on confessions extracted under torture and of denying defendants access to legal representation, in addition to carrying out capital punishment on minors and political dissidents.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of defendant
Noun
  • The detainee doesn't remember much about the conditions there, Surgil said, because he was refused his insulin and went into diabetic shock before being flown to Florida.
    — Brittany Gibson, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The arrest was made about 12 miles from the ICE detention facility in the Denver suburb of Aurora, where Gonzalez-Gonzalez and another detainee escaped Tuesday night.
    — Hanna Park, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of detainee
Noun
  • The incident took place Tuesday while police were searching a home in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon for a hit-and-run suspect.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Deputies identified one of the suspects as 18-year-old Jeremiah Upson.
    — Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of suspect
Noun
  • Learning of such proactivity reminds me of how cutting-edge cybersecurity firms now use AI to go on the offensive against criminals.
    — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This exemption obligates the IRS to assist law enforcement in the pursuit of criminals and will be used against any migrant who has overstayed for more than 90 days as part of the carveout.
    — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of criminal

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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestee. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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