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Recent Examples of arrestee
For years, San Diego County deputies have been accused of placing arrestees into housing that is not appropriate for their condition, or of failing to properly monitor people in custody.
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Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
The alleged victim and another witness who spoke with deputies declined to press charges against either arrestee, per the arrest report.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
That latter arrestee was Jose Carranza Escobar, who pleaded guilty.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
The people sent to Guantánamo were not new arrestees.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
The alleged victim and another witness who spoke with deputies declined to press charges against either arrestee, per the arrest report.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
That latter arrestee was Jose Carranza Escobar, who pleaded guilty.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
The people sent to Guantánamo were not new arrestees.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrestee
Noun
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In that joint filing, the lawyers for the defendants said the Trump order only serves to make their case stronger, reinforcing their arguments that such claims are preempted by both the U.S. Constitution and federal law and must be dismissed.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The trial for seven of the eight defendants began in March, with the eighth due to be tried by jury after the initial proceedings finish.—
Cecilia Domínguez,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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Since the Trump administration in March removed a group of Venezuelan migrants alleged to be gang members to El Salvador for indefinite detention, a WhatsApp virtual community has come into being, made up largely of mothers of the detainees.—
Nidia Cavazos,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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Independent access to the detainees or their legal counsel has not been granted.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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If, indeed, the suspect planned to kill people because of their Jewish faith, this would represent a major anomaly in lethal, antisemitic violence.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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The two suspects knew each other, according to Quintero, but their exact relationship isn’t clear.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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Or even those Californians, such as many in San Francisco and Los Angeles, who are just fed up with the perception that California is soft on criminals.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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The Forgotten Gender Nonconformists of the Old West Livia Gershon April 27, 2018 In the Old West, cross-dressing was sometimes a disguise for criminals on the lam.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
30 May 2025
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestee. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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