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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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In court documents, Donald Trump is named as a "debtor" while it lists SLC Turnberry Limited - the company that runs the resort - is named as an "arrestee".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

Even a former Kentucky district attorney, who brags that he “got a lot of attaboys” for partnering with NBC, softens his tough talk while watching outtakes of a soft-spoken and seemingly very confused arrestee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

“I’m fearful,” Burgess wrote, “that I will hear next that an arrestee has a hangnail and is declined.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2022

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

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