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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

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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

Several minutes later, according to the release, the arrestee appeared to have a medical emergency.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2025

About halfway down, Bruner spotted an entry for an arrestee — Gerson Fuentes, 27, of Ohio.

From Washington Post Jul. 28, 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

“If a local agency makes an arrest and houses the arrestee in a community jail, they are not wards of the state,” Peters said by email.

From Seattle Times May 14, 2019

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