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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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The offender wasn’t an outsider managing his money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

New South Wales police say the officers will also patrol major events like sports matches and places of worship "to prevent, deter and rapidly respond to serious threats, including active armed offender incidents".

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It follows a predictable pattern: deny the harm, attack the credibility of the person who named the harm, and reverse the roles of victim and offender.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Last week, the Bulwark reported that one of his campaign ads featured Ramaswamy meeting with a registered sex offender.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Officer Delinko still dreamed of catching the offender and bringing him to justice.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Extreme overcrowding, underfunding, corruption and mixing hardened criminals with minor offenders are some reasons Latin American prisons have become crime hubs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Barnes said the department will cooperate with ICE to the extent the law allows to prevent serious criminal offenders from returning to communities they have preyed on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The guidelines state offenders jailed for four years or more for some serious violent or sexual offences will be released at the two thirds point.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

"I have concluded that attempting to distinguish among crimes and offenders for clemency would inadvertently create two classes of murder victims -- those whose perpetrators deserve the death penalty and then the rest," Newsom said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

I had studied Sweden’s progressive approach to the rehabilitation of criminal offenders as a graduate student and had long marveled at how focused on recovery their system appeared.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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