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Recent Examples of rapist
Court records show the male student admitted in text messages to being a rapist.
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Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026
It’s mentioned later that the perpetrator was a rapist.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors alleged in 2022 that Louise’s attacker was a serial rapist.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2026
Cooper neutralized the situation and detained the rapist.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2026
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Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026
It’s mentioned later that the perpetrator was a rapist.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors alleged in 2022 that Louise’s attacker was a serial rapist.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2026
Cooper neutralized the situation and detained the rapist.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapist
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The quarter-ton bears, apex predators who are revered by some Native American tribes but also feared for their attacks on livestock and sometimes humans, became locally extinct in California in 1924, the same year that the last California gray wolf was captured and killed.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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After Warren Jeffs’ arrest, what are the confluence of events that allow for a predator like Sam Bateman to infiltrate this vulnerable community?—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Police said the robber was seen leaving the area in a gray 2020 Cadillac CT6.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
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Yet key dramatic moments—a shooting, the robbers’ realization that the bank vault is empty—occurred in a hallway invisible to the audience, described secondhand.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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