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Demand change to cruel immigration policies Polls show that most Americans are supportive of deporting undocumented murderers and rapists.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Written and directed by Vito Brown, the movie has Gallo playing Golden State killer Joseph James DeAngelo, the serial murderer and rapist who began terrorizing California residents all the way back in the 1970s, only being brought to justice in 2018.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Survivors of homicide and assault around the country are robbed of closure as killers and rapists make regular bids for freedom.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Written and directed by Vito Brown, the movie has Gallo playing Golden State killer Joseph James DeAngelo, the serial murderer and rapist who began terrorizing California residents all the way back in the 1970s, only being brought to justice in 2018.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Survivors of homicide and assault around the country are robbed of closure as killers and rapists make regular bids for freedom.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapist
predator
Noun
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These predators typically patrol altitudes below 10,000 feet, especially around dawn when their prey begins flying again after nighttime rest.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The reintroduced apex predators remained in watersheds just west of metro Denver, in areas that include Gilpin, Clear Creek and Jefferson counties, the map shows.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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