career criminal

noun

: a person who has committed many crimes throughout his or her life

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The series follows a disgraced FBI agent (Anthony Mackie) and an American career criminal (Jamie Dornan) who play a zero-sum game of cat and mouse across Europe. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025 But a new Netflix documentary, Chaos: The Manson Murders, directed by legendary documentarian Errol Morris, delves deeper into the case and traces Manson’ path from career criminal to aspiring musician to vicious cult leader. Liam Quinn, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Tisch raged at the case of career criminal Tyreke Martin who has 70 prior arrests in the past, including for allegedly bashing a 2-year-old girl with a suitcase in Manhattan, according to the New York Post. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025 To basically no one’s surprise after that unconvincing display, Torres’ fingerprints turn up on a flask in the pocket of the dead guy, who was carrying a fake military ID but is actually career criminal Vincent Kelso. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for career criminal

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“Career criminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/career%20criminal. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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