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The judgement as to how far a victim can also be termed an accomplice is nuanced, says Bridgette Carr, professor of clinical law at Michigan University, who has worked extensively with victims of human trafficking.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

While Rockefeller was the most spectacularly successful at monopoly building—what he gently termed “cooperation”—he was also part of a greater movement in American business toward rationalization and centralization.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Connolly, the son of a police chief, started as a prosecutor working on homicides and gang-related matters, which he termed “the most serious cases in the system.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

That’s according to Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen, who is leaping to the defense of what some have termed complacent investors and markets when it comes to the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

The “working poor,” as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich