criminals

Example Sentences

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The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen phones harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

An untold number of those deportees were convicted criminals and members of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

He is one of the most infamous criminals in modern European history.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Not only that, but he would go hard after criminals of all stripes and embark on a prison-building spree to house them in the Amazon jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But outside of the death penalty arena, civil rights advocates have long been reluctant to leap to the defense of those viewed as criminals.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander