: a person who rapes someone : a person who commits rape
a convicted rapist
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After a decades-long investigation, police in California have identified a serial rapist who died by suicide in Michigan in 1997, linking him to multiple attacks in the state and across the country.—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025 This is all on top of the late-night TV and social media posts mocking him, countless Democrats campaigning against him, and endless news and opinion articles calling him everything from a felon to a rapist to a threat to democracy to Hitler.—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025 Investigators believe the attacker was likely a serial rapist.—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025 If drug traffickers are a legitimate target, well then why aren't rapists, murderers and child abusers?—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rapist
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