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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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"However, this is an extremely unusual and lengthy sentence for a first time offender who committed nonviolent crimes."

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Lutnick told the panel he had no personal or professional relationship with the sex offender.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

With the White House in the background, her brother Sky Roberts spoke of how his sister, a prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had turned "pain into purpose".

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

But police officials said one helpful tool has been a law allowing investigators to aggregate the thefts of a repeat offender at the same store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Schirach’s successor, Artur Axmann, was sentenced to thirty-nine months’ imprisonment as a major offender and fined 35,000 marks.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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