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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.
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
The actor launched his soap career in a 1971 storyline on NBC’s Bright Promise, then played rapist George Curtis on two 1976 episodes of CBS’ The Young and the Restless.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2025
In September 2025, the Austin Police Department identified Robert Eugene Brashers, a serial killer and rapist, as the suspect in the Yogurt Shop murders.
—Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The victim described the rapist as a man of medium build with brown hair.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
The actor launched his soap career in a 1971 storyline on NBC’s Bright Promise, then played rapist George Curtis on two 1976 episodes of CBS’ The Young and the Restless.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2025
In September 2025, the Austin Police Department identified Robert Eugene Brashers, a serial killer and rapist, as the suspect in the Yogurt Shop murders.
—Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
The victim described the rapist as a man of medium build with brown hair.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapist
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Quadrupling the population over the last three decades has required their relocation to three remote, predator-free offshore islands and the micromanaging of the parrots’ every romantic entanglement.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Buying into this ancient predator-prey superstition are the nonprofits Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife and Utah Wild Sheep Foundation.—
Ted Williams,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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Inside, Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, 22, sitting in the passenger seat and a 38-year-old man in the driver’s seat, were ordered at gunpoint to turn over their wallets and keys without turning around toward their robbers, prosecutors said in a court proffer of allegations.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Responding officers headed to the scene spotted two men matching the description of the robbers and arrested both in the area of the Sox-35th Red Line station around 15 minutes after the robbery, police said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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