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Recent Examples of abuser
Sometimes judges don’t have a full picture of the risks a victim faces, like an abuser’s access to weapons and prior threats to kill, and release men arrested on domestic violence charges quickly, with little to keep them away from the women they’re accused of hurting.
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Sara-James Ranta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
The third and fourth sections are, respectively, a somewhat non-traditional perpetrator and a man who seeks out his abuser many years later.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Yet the surrounding circumstances aren’t exactly those of the average substance abuser.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Those records, which largely do not name Hamilton, show that his church conducted an internal investigation about the abuse, reported it to law enforcement after identifying the abuser and that Hamilton personally played a role in a report about additional abuse by the perpetrator.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
Dirty John, a podcast about serial scammer and abuser John Meehan, had recently completed its circuit from 2017 LA Times investigation and partner podcast to Netflix documentary to TV drama starring Connie Britton and Christian Slater.
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Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2026
Doucet encouraged women to leave once their abuser makes the slightest error and the opportunity presents itself.
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Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
Chris Brown is a serial abuser.
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Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Coercive control refers to a pattern of acts and behaviors used by an abuser to limit another person’s freedom and control their life.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Sara-James Ranta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
The third and fourth sections are, respectively, a somewhat non-traditional perpetrator and a man who seeks out his abuser many years later.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Yet the surrounding circumstances aren’t exactly those of the average substance abuser.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Those records, which largely do not name Hamilton, show that his church conducted an internal investigation about the abuse, reported it to law enforcement after identifying the abuser and that Hamilton personally played a role in a report about additional abuse by the perpetrator.
—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
Dirty John, a podcast about serial scammer and abuser John Meehan, had recently completed its circuit from 2017 LA Times investigation and partner podcast to Netflix documentary to TV drama starring Connie Britton and Christian Slater.
—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2026
Doucet encouraged women to leave once their abuser makes the slightest error and the opportunity presents itself.
—
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
Chris Brown is a serial abuser.
—
Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Coercive control refers to a pattern of acts and behaviors used by an abuser to limit another person’s freedom and control their life.
—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abuser
Noun
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Your structure sorts the whole world into two boxes, oppressor and oppressed.
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An America where justice brings down oppressors and lifts up the ordinary.
Noun
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Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
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Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
Noun
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Still, the star did not name her harassers.
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Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
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Third-graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul’s transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.
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Third graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul's transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.
Noun
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Republican legislators, taking their lead from a president who sees half the nation as his personal enemy, have put their own party’s interests over the republic’s.
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Unluckily, Alys, freshly alienated by Daemon, arrives just in time to nurse the enemy of her enemy back to health.
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The fourth season was notable for John Lithgow’s portrayal of the antagonist, a role that won him an Emmy as well as a Golden Globe.
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The film does a lovely job in showcasing that technology is not the villain or antagonist (definitely the humans behind it).
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McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.
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The heckler's veto The wave of firings after Kirk's assassination was spurred on by pro-Trump influencers, lawmakers and Vice President JD Vance.
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The former quarterback turned race-baiter, who shamed his White parents who adopted him.
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Control of the criminal term was ceded to the race-baiters and radical left in an act of political mollification.
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“Abuser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abuser. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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