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Recent Examples of rapist
Curry, the acclaimed actor known for his roles in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and It, played serial killer and rapist Billy Flynn in the fifth and sixth seasons of the show.
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Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Cooper neutralized the situation and detained the rapist.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2026
Parker Lee was a new addition in season 3 as Mac's roomie — and an eventual victim of the campus rapist who attacks female students and shaves their heads.
—Sezin Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
While the French film industry, like Hollywood, is overwhelmingly liberal (think of the walkouts at the César Awards when accused statutory rapist Roman Polanski won best director in 2020), some of the biggest Gallic stars of yesteryear have loudly bucked the trend.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
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Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Cooper neutralized the situation and detained the rapist.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2026
Parker Lee was a new addition in season 3 as Mac's roomie — and an eventual victim of the campus rapist who attacks female students and shaves their heads.
—Sezin Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
While the French film industry, like Hollywood, is overwhelmingly liberal (think of the walkouts at the César Awards when accused statutory rapist Roman Polanski won best director in 2020), some of the biggest Gallic stars of yesteryear have loudly bucked the trend.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapist
Noun
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But Wattley is right that condemning elderly parole based on the monstrous deeds of these child predators is shortsighted.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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At least two places for wildlife to find shelter from the weather and predators are also required.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Many South African farms are ringed in barbed wire and outfitted with security cameras; one of the migrants told me a story about confronting armed robbers.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The result — from the tunnels carved out by tomb robbers to the trains that run day and night — is a cinematic gift for the senses and specifically, to paraphrase one of the more philosophical characters, about our understanding of time’s ability to both preserve and destroy.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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