crusader
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Moody had made his name as an anticorruption crusader during his tenure as the state’s attorney general: Borger’s cartoonish governmental lawlessness struck him as both a political liability and a moral affront.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
But unlike that Oscar winner, “Two Prosecutors” has a man of conscience at its center — a confident crusader who becomes increasingly puny in the face of Stalin’s Soviet Union.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
A self-styled anti-corruption crusader, Yoon rose from star prosecutor to South Korean president in just a few years.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Khan gained a reputation as a trustbusting crusader under Biden before stepping down earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
Royal had read of the man’s exploits in the newspaper—lawyer, abolitionist crusader, bane of slavers and those who did their dirty work.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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