criminals

Example Sentences

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"However, the increased cost of rural crime to Northern Irish farmers shows that we cannot afford to be complacent, and that organised criminals will continue to find new ways to target farmers."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

A financial publisher made later-recanted claims in January accusing the platform of serving as a “laundering machine” for transnational criminals.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

This one doesn’t: It takes money from criminals and returns it to the families who play by the rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Dozens of suspected scammers and romance fraudsters have been arrested after specialist financial investigators uncovered organised networks of criminals operating across the UK and Nigeria.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Indeed, everything that happened inside the DSS office was meant to hammer into these women the notion that society considered them criminals of a kind.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson