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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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"It doesn't stop a determined offender", she says.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Lutnick told the panel he had no personal or professional relationship with the sex offender.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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

“Mr. McNamara, is this child your main offender, your chief suspect, or a recalcitrant informer?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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