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Recent Examples of arrestee
This show's arrestee was out of the bag.
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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Money bail became more common around the turn of the 20th century with the rise of commercial bail bonds, in which a bail bond business would front the bail money, charging the arrestee a portion of the bail amount as a fee.
—Christine Scott-Hayward, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The civil offense also affects the type of judge who will hear the case, whether an arrestee is entitled to legal representation and how quickly the Department of Homeland Security can remove someone from the United States.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
At the same time, officials will also determine if an arrestee will be detained or released throughout the removal process.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Money bail became more common around the turn of the 20th century with the rise of commercial bail bonds, in which a bail bond business would front the bail money, charging the arrestee a portion of the bail amount as a fee.
—Christine Scott-Hayward, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The civil offense also affects the type of judge who will hear the case, whether an arrestee is entitled to legal representation and how quickly the Department of Homeland Security can remove someone from the United States.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
At the same time, officials will also determine if an arrestee will be detained or released throughout the removal process.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrestee
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That’s true even though those colleges’ membership organization, the NCAA, is the defendant and is trying to enforce rules accepted by member schools.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 May 2026
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Wired ran a story about the butt pillows used by OpenAI’s phalanx of lawyers and executives, including the president and co-defendant, Greg Brockman, to insulate themselves from the discomfort of the court’s benches.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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It is also intended to support rehabilitation, repairing harm to the community and those directly impacted by the offender’s action, and reinforcing community norms and values.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
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Many of the biggest offenders sit on breakfast tables and lunch plates every day, hiding in plain sight.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2026
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The detainee death rate rose in fiscal year 2025, which covers October 2024 through September 2025, and is on track to rise even higher in the current fiscal year, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last month.—
Rob Kuznia,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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In March, Israel dropped charges against five soldiers who had been accused of beating and sodomizing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Elsewhere in the latest episode, thanks to Sean's quick thinking, the BPD and superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson) are able to track down those responsible for Lena's shooting and arrest a suspect.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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The second suspect was said to be wearing an army green baseball cap, camo jacket and army green camo cargo pants.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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The lead about the contraband came via Eric Harper (Joe Delfin), the criminal who shivved Lena's old friend Yancey (Kieron River) a few episodes back.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Ben-Gvir, in addition to being an authoritarian racist, is a bona fide criminal.—
Avi Issacharoff,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestee. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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