postarrest
adjective
post·ar·rest
ˌpōst-ə-ˈrest 
1
medical
: occurring after cardiac arrest
postarrest resuscitation
2
: existing or occurring after an arrest
… he allegedly tried to hire someone to kill another person for $5,000, according to postarrest information …—
Melinda J. Overstreet
Melinda J. Overstreeta postarrest statement
Examples of postarrest in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office, representing Sheriff Vicki Hennessy, who oversees the city’s jails, argued that the judge should instead discontinue the bail system for all cases and leave postarrest release decisions up to individual judges.
—Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2019
Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1920, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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“Postarrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postarrest. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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