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The drama revolves around an FBI agent (Mackie) and a career criminal (Dornan), who play a cat-and-mouse game across Europe.
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Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
The career criminal accused of fatally shooting a New York Police Department officer in the stomach during a routine traffic stop pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday morning, more than a month after the incident.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 May 2024
Mattera pointed specifically to the fatal shooting of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller in Queens last month, allegedly at the hands of a career criminal who had been arrested 21 times prior.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
Outrage over Polly’s murder by a career criminal helped drive California to adopt a series of tough-on-crime laws.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Brad Pitt plays an unconventional career criminal whose quest to retrieve a briefcase of cash is sidelined by gangsters, assassins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry), and fancy toilets.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors said Washington was a career criminal who had been in and out of prison for much of his adult life.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
He was identified as Thomas Martin Elliot, a career criminal who spent much of his life in and out of prison.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
Throughout Highsmith’s novels, Ripley plays a career criminal who is nearly caught or killed but manages to escape all perils.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
The career criminal accused of fatally shooting a New York Police Department officer in the stomach during a routine traffic stop pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday morning, more than a month after the incident.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 May 2024
Mattera pointed specifically to the fatal shooting of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller in Queens last month, allegedly at the hands of a career criminal who had been arrested 21 times prior.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
Outrage over Polly’s murder by a career criminal helped drive California to adopt a series of tough-on-crime laws.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Brad Pitt plays an unconventional career criminal whose quest to retrieve a briefcase of cash is sidelined by gangsters, assassins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry), and fancy toilets.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors said Washington was a career criminal who had been in and out of prison for much of his adult life.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
He was identified as Thomas Martin Elliot, a career criminal who spent much of his life in and out of prison.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
Throughout Highsmith’s novels, Ripley plays a career criminal who is nearly caught or killed but manages to escape all perils.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Career criminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/career%20criminal. Accessed 21 May. 2024.
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