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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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The EU's anti-fraud office has begun a formal investigation into Lord Peter Mandelson, who was sacked as UK ambassador to the US over his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 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

Those files exposed a friendship between the convicted sex offender and Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party grandee and Mr. Starmer’s choice for ambassador to Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Two girls aged 16 and 17 have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

She never rewarded them and she punished an offender only twice before she removed her.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck