career criminal

noun

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

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Following 22 days on the run, Matt, a career criminal who was convicted of killing his former boss in December 1997, was eventually shot by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 May 2025 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. Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 May 2025 In a midday attack that has rattled a Bronx neighborhood, a 50-year-old career criminal with 19 prior arrests allegedly attempted to rape a 70-year-old woman in broad daylight—only to reportedly be tracked down and beaten by outraged local residents the next day. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Or at least back to playing career criminal Danny Ocean again. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 22 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 25 May. 2025.

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