offender
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The punishments come after the NBA said its month-long investigation "found a pattern of misconduct and multiple significant rules violations by the Clippers organisation, a prior offender of the salary-cap circumvention rules".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Despite being the worst offender, thanks for evolving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The letter continued: "When an offender is released, they will enter the intensive supervision stage. We expect that the vast majority of prisoners will be subject to electronic monitoring."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"He was already an offender in the community," Taylor said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Instead he was just another repeat offender in the middle of the desert, in the middle of nowhere, behind rows of razor wire that glinted and gleamed in the sun like jagged teeth.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
The offenders serving the longer sentences, which do not become part of the scheme until next year, include more dangerous criminals who would have previously expected to spend two-thirds of their sentence behind bars.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Her family is calling for tougher action on offenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Excluding those offenders would reduce the impact of the proposed change.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
He declined to say why the council doesn’t frequently tow or put parking boots on repeat offenders, although in the past using boots—“clamping” in the U.K.—has sparked blowback from Westminster residents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Yet the majority of hate-crime offenders don’t fit the stereotype of the squinting, bristle-headed loner with a swastika tattoo or a Confederate flag T-shirt.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
