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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

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

“The arrestee must actually be trying to flee and avoid arrest.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2021

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