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also corruptor
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as in criminal
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Noun
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Lawmakers in many states have changed the rules in recent decades to protect winners from being targeted by criminals and unscrupulous people asking for money.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Her Eco-Age consultancy, targeted by criminals and forced to close in 2024 after 17 years in business, had advised clients on industry developments, changes to government policies and practical guidance on how to avoid greenwashing.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Vineland’s repressive villain Brock Vond ends ferried to hell by two Eastside vatos locos, while the hippie father Zoyd reunites with his daughter at an anarchist family picnic.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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There are villains in every episode and the story uses them to showcase some societal issues.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But Jaron had a new acquaintance—Nortal, an old reprobate who ran the town dump.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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That pair of reprobates retired from politics due to ill health.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Insist that the federal government deploy those resources to get the violent offenders who are killing, assaulting and robbing law-abiding citizens on the city’s South and West sides.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Kentucky's persistent felony offender (PFO) law, enacted in 1974 and expanded in 1976, allows for enhanced sentences for repeat felony offenders.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To commit the killings, the doctor allegedly administered an anesthetic inducer and a muscle relaxant to his patients without their knowledge or consent, according to prosecutors.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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For the first two years of analysis, I was consumed with feelings of reproach and even hatred against my parents, seeing them as all-culpable vehicles and inducers of neurotic misery.—
Oliver Sacks,
The New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Very little creates more comfort for citizens and discomfort for criminals than the threat of lawbreakers getting caught.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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The world is hearing our message that America’s borders are closed to lawbreakers.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Two other teens, Jardan Anderson, 18, and Isaiah Daniels, 17, are charged with harboring and aiding a felon.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Yarbrough is a felon with no valid firearm owners’ identification card or conceal and carry license, according to Cook County circuit court filings.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Corrupter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrupter. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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