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Recent Examples of arrestee
Fewer than one in three arrestees were charged with any offense, and most of those were for minor infractions like jaywalking, littering, and blocking sidewalks.
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V.n. Trinh / Made By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
The oldest arrestee appears to be one Noah Cohen, who just turned 57.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2024
Among the Indiana arrestees, 21 have been sentenced.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
The arrestees were released later in the day without charges.
—Lex McMenamin, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
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V.n. Trinh / Made By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
The oldest arrestee appears to be one Noah Cohen, who just turned 57.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2024
Among the Indiana arrestees, 21 have been sentenced.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
The arrestees were released later in the day without charges.
—Lex McMenamin, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrestee
Noun
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The defendant has been arrested multiple times for theft over the last 13 years, according to reports.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The four defendants were charged with one count of conspiracy to illegally bring people to the U.S., transporting people illegally in the U.S., and harboring people without legal status in the U.S. for private financial gain and resulting in death, according to prosecutors.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Under the first phase of the ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas, which lasted 42 days and concluded last weekend, leaving the truce hanging by a thread, 33 Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 1,735 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the first phase of the ceasefire, Hamas handed over 33 Israeli hostages as well as five Thais returned in an unscheduled release, in exchange for around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees from Israeli jails and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from some of their positions in Gaza.—
Emily Rose,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2025
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Police believe that the suspects fled from the car wash in a white four-door Kia after shooting the late rapper and his daughter.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Prosecutors say that money was later transmitted to the suspects in Canada, a process that often involved cryptocurrency.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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Williamson spends the entire movie moving from one L.A. locale and subculture to another, meeting a motley crew of criminals rich, scrappy, and everything in between, along the way.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2025
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Might be important later: the criminal was able to gain entrance to the White Lotus property when Valentin pulls up on his motorcycle to the security gate to chat with Gaitok, at the exact moment a random SUV containing the thief sails through.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestee. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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