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The seven-story limestone and copper mansion, which the 88-year-old disgraced comedian and accused serial rapist bought in 1987, was listed with Corcoran on Friday for $29 million.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2008, Boston police received new evidence suggesting that whoever attacked Louise could be a serial rapist, a detective later said in court records.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2025
After a decades-long investigation, police in California have identified a serial rapist who died by suicide in Michigan in 1997, linking him to multiple attacks in the state and across the country.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
This is all on top of the late-night TV and social media posts mocking him, countless Democrats campaigning against him, and endless news and opinion articles calling him everything from a felon to a rapist to a threat to democracy to Hitler.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2008, Boston police received new evidence suggesting that whoever attacked Louise could be a serial rapist, a detective later said in court records.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2025
After a decades-long investigation, police in California have identified a serial rapist who died by suicide in Michigan in 1997, linking him to multiple attacks in the state and across the country.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
This is all on top of the late-night TV and social media posts mocking him, countless Democrats campaigning against him, and endless news and opinion articles calling him everything from a felon to a rapist to a threat to democracy to Hitler.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapist
Noun
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Once the jaguar is secure on the floatation device, the rescue vessel carries the exhausted predator along the river — one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon — towards land.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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These kids may be in the custody of a predator and those cases deserve to be taken seriously.—
Stepheny Price , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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However, Entertainment Weekly has learned that DiCaprio is being eyed to portray Chris Shiherlis, the bank robber who was originally played by Val Kilmer in the 1995 film.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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So no wonder that his engagement with the human cost of rapid industrialization in early 20th century Bohemia fed into his depiction in the novel of social conditions in robber-baron America.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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