criminals

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“Trainspotting” is in part a sly corrective to “Clockwork,” which heaped scorn on both criminals and criminal justice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Scotland has no low-security prisons for white-collar criminals.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Fernando Lucas, president of the Federation of Gold Miners' Cooperatives in Para, told AFP that he was sick of miners being "branded as criminals".

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

AI, which makes so many things easier, is also helping criminals commit cybercrime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

He leaned across the table conspiratorially, as if the three were criminals planning a heist, and dropped his voice to a whisper: “You have bought into something that is bigger than either of you are.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson