career criminal

noun

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

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Chaney, as a repeat offender, also faces a sentencing enhancement of level-two armed career criminal. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025 Channing Tatum stars as Jeff Manchester, aka the Roofman, a well-meaning but savant-like career criminal who robbed upwards of 45 McDonald’s locations in the late 1990s by tearing holes in the roofs. Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025 Mann’s Heat starred Al Pacino as a hardened Los Angeles cop named Vincent Hanna who, ignoring his deteriorating personal life, is obsessed with tracking down career criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), who wants to pull off one last heist before retiring. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 In Play Dirty, Wahlberg stars a career criminal named Parker, who’s double-crossed by a member of his team after a robbery. Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 2025.

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