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Recent Examples of rapist
The fact that everyone acknowledges that William is a rapist but no one seems shaken by it sends Jess over the edge.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Nearly 35 years later, McVey sat in the front row at her rapist's execution, per The Washington Post.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 20 July 2025
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit continued on — Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson was busting rapists.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
Black people are depicted as rapists and cannibals, Jews as rapacious and controlling, and white people who believe in a multicultural society as race traitors who also deserve to die.
—James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Nearly 35 years later, McVey sat in the front row at her rapist's execution, per The Washington Post.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 20 July 2025
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit continued on — Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson was busting rapists.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
Black people are depicted as rapists and cannibals, Jews as rapacious and controlling, and white people who believe in a multicultural society as race traitors who also deserve to die.
—James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapist
predator
Noun
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Roblox — The stock dropped more than 7% after Louisiana's attorney general sued the video game company for allegedly enabling child predators on its platform.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Mississippi’s attorneys say the law is a targeted effort to regulate social media platforms that let predators interact with children.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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