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Recent Examples of rapist
The victim described the rapist as a man of medium build with brown hair.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
In the wake of the white community demanding more punishment, the Kentucky General Assembly amended the death penalty statute to allow juries to sentence a rapist to hang in the county seat where the crime was committed.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Stephanie leaves after a harrowing incident involving a rapist loose in the hospital who causes an explosion.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
In the mid-1970s, the tiny farming town of Visalia, California, was plagued by a serial ransacker and rapist.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
In the wake of the white community demanding more punishment, the Kentucky General Assembly amended the death penalty statute to allow juries to sentence a rapist to hang in the county seat where the crime was committed.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Stephanie leaves after a harrowing incident involving a rapist loose in the hospital who causes an explosion.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
In the mid-1970s, the tiny farming town of Visalia, California, was plagued by a serial ransacker and rapist.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapist
Noun
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Those vulnerabilities allow predators an opportunity to gain the trust of victims of any age by promising to meet those needs or to provide safety, housing or affection.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
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Experts say there is no clear pattern behind recent shark encounters, emphasizing that the ocean is a dynamic environment where humans enter the natural habitat of marine predators.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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One robber also used pepper spray.—
Cameron Macdonald,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Police said in each instance, two to four robbers exited a white sedan, approached the victims, and demanded their personal items at gunpoint.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapist. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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