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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Noun
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Within days, the defendants were arrested and charged.
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In Ohio, defendants are given 365 days to challenge their conviction after such transcripts are filed.
Noun
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
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To better understand what drives a young person to commit these crimes, CNN spent months searching for prior offenders willing to speak about their experience.
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That same caution was expressed in Oakwood, Georgia, a community only 40 miles away from Social Circle where another warehouse was set to be turned into a detainee processing center.
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Some of the employee calls mirror the confusion families experienced when seeking medical care for a detainee.
Noun
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The plot was foiled when a suspect’s mother alerted police, court documents said.
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The shootings, which police suspect were committed by one man, left one person dead and four people injured.
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This makes your accounts much harder to break into, even if a criminal gets control of your phone number.
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And historically, denaturalization has been reserved for the most egregious offenders, such as human rights abusers and violent criminals.
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestee. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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