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Noun
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The burden of your inquiry into this wrongful closure should rest squarely on the wrongdoer’s shoulders, not on those of the innocent public trying to access their beloved knoll.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025 -
In the early days of the Trump Administration, Kirk’s case was pursued in a rhetorical climate of law and order in which wrongdoers would be held accountable.—
Mike Fox,
Oc Register,
12 May 2025
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Cruz, the son of an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador who came to the U.S. in the 1970s, said he’s angered by the federal government’s portrayal that anyone without documents living in the United States is a criminal.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Their records contain sensitive personal information, that, if leaked, could allow criminals to steal the identities of unsuspecting customers.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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In reality, Phil was more interested in calling all of us sinners to forge a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 May 2025
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His tenure was short-lived, however: within a year, he was declared a sinner and imprisoned by another Acholi prophet: Joseph Kony.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Ramos-Jimenez was then arrested and taken to a local jail for possessing a weapon as a felon, Fox 10 Phoenix reported.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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By now, people can recognize that some groups see an advantage in shrinking the electorate — by making vote-by-mail more difficult, instituting unreasonable ID requirements, and blocking felons who completed their sentence from voting.—
Howard L. Simon,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2025
Noun
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This interpretation leads to more support and job opportunities for the lawbreaker.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The threat of agency enforcement action deters potential lawbreakers.—
Mike Calhoun,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When Elsbeth sits in on a rehearsal, she’s first dismayed by the script’s accusations of evidence planting, then delighted to see Mateo (probably her favorite perp to date), and finally, puzzled by how much the actors openly loathe their director.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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The prejudiced perp took off on foot in an unknown direction.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Rhinoviruses are the leading culprit, but other viruses such as adenoviruses, certain coronaviruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza viruses can also trigger cold symptoms by infecting the upper respiratory tract.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
12 June 2025
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In the case of With a Vengeance, the ending and the culprit that’s there now was not the culprit in the first draft.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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The sense of purpose that motivated Bush after 9/11, combined with his visceral antipathy to Saddam—who was, after all, one of the great malefactors of the modern age—brought moral clarity, as well as strategic myopia.—
Hal Brands,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Feb. 2023
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This keeps malefactors from abusing the service to snoop on private data other than their own.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Trespasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespasser. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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