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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrestees
Noun
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However, if convicted, the defendants could face over a decade in prison.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025 -
But other prominent cases involving gruesome crimes and young defendants have seen a different outcome.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead of a sense of outrage leading to a search for a better solution for repeat violent offenders, her death generated calls for collective retribution and vigilante justice.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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One of the suspects was found guilty of first-degree murder in June 2021, among a list of other charges, while the other suspect pleaded guilty in early 2020 to 17 counts, including murder charges.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican running in the 2026 race for governor, said the ban showed Newsom and Democratic lawmakers care more about the safety of criminals than officers.—
Gerardo Zavala,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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The majority of people in this field did not set out to be criminals.—
Chris Wysopal,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Arrestees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestees. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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