(US) Having had interactions with the criminal justice system as a defendant.
(US) Having had interactions with the criminal justice system as a defendant.
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(United States, criminal law, informal) [in relation to a specific action] a person who is a member of a specific class for whom the action constitutes a crime; typically the action is possession of a weapon and the class is convicted felons.
(US, legal) A person who is convicted or accused of a crime and who then flees from law enforcement and runs across state lines to evade arrest.
(UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.
(US, legal) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
(chiefly, US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.