Arrestee

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who is under arrest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a person who is under arrest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Scots law, the person in whose hands an arrestment is laid.
  • Word Usage
    "The court held that arresting officers may search a vehicle incident to arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or if the officers have a reasonable belief that the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the person is being arrested."
    Cross Reference
    arrester