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arrestee

American  
[uh-res-tee] / ə rɛsˈti /

noun

  1. a person who is under arrest.


Etymology

Origin of arrestee

1840–50, for earlier sense; arrest + -ee

Example Sentences

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Among other pieces of information, it records the citizenship and number of minor children of each arrestee.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

But police would not identify who was arrested, citing state law that declares arrest records closed to the public if the arrestee was not charged with a criminal offense within 30 days.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023

In May, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to restrict city departments from storing DNA evidence from crime victims in any database not part of the national system for convicted offender and arrestee profiles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022

In that program, ICE identifies matches between submitted biometric data of an arrestee and their criminal and immigration history.

From Fox News • Mar. 4, 2020

Twenty years after she made her first arrest as a police officer, Mrs. Abrecht was officiating at a Superior Court proceeding when the same man came before her once again as an arrestee.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2018