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But instead of following the legal process, the city discharged the arrestees right into the waiting arms of a vigilante gang, who drove the Wobblies to the county line and viciously beat them with axe handles.
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Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2026
Ten of the arrestees were Iranians, all arrested within days of the United States’ first bombing campaign against that country in June.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Rear doors on police cars typically only open from the outside to prevent arrestees from escaping.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
The new jail had tablet computers for inmates and a behavioral-care center for mentally ill arrestees—the first of its kind in an American jail.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2026
Ten of the arrestees were Iranians, all arrested within days of the United States’ first bombing campaign against that country in June.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Rear doors on police cars typically only open from the outside to prevent arrestees from escaping.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
The new jail had tablet computers for inmates and a behavioral-care center for mentally ill arrestees—the first of its kind in an American jail.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrestee. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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arrestee
noun
ar·res·tee
ə-ˌres-ˈtē 
: a person who is or was under arrest
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