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rapist

noun

Definition of rapist

as in predator

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Recent Examples of rapist Investigators in Paulding County are searching for more possible victims of a man authorities are calling a serial rapist. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 An impromptu blind date with a handsome rapist ends with Esther punching him square in the nose, his blood gushing through her fingers. — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026 The roommate also reported an exchange that suggested her rapist may have encountered Sebold in the past. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 Serial Westport rapist Gary Lee Jackman has died, according to an announcement from the Missouri Department of Corrections. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rapist

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Losing these predators could harm the entire park’s ecosystem.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Fee is physically abused, but Big Eric treats him differently from the other children, grooming him not as a victim but as a fellow-predator.

— Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

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The robbers were given a key and information about the property by Anthony Black, a security guard at the warehouse whose sister was in a relationship with Robinson.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
On Saturday, around seven masked robbers shut off the alarms and surveillance cameras surrounding one of Marchesi Antinori’s cellars in Cortona.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

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