English Explanatory Dictionary

arguido

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person kept for questioning who is not a formal suspect and has certain rights that a witness or suspect would not have.

Word forms

arguido arguidos

Etymology

From Portuguese arguido; entered British English in 2007 through extensive news coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal.

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