rapists

Definition of rapistsnext
plural of rapist

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Noun
  • At a legislative hearing called to address escalating concerns about wild predators, including coyotes, Wade Crowfoot, the state’s top environmental officer, called the situation a crisis.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Eastern Colorado prairie was once carpeted with a mix of hardy grasses, flowering plants, and small shrubs that supported great herds of bison and pronghorn, abundant prairie dog colonies, predators like coyotes, foxes, and badgers, as well as numerous bird species, reptiles, and insects.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But as the crisis hurtles towards breaking point, the story rewinds, with viewers pulled inside the bank to relive the same events through the eyes of the robbers and their hostages.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Yet key dramatic moments—a shooting, the robbers’ realization that the bank vault is empty—occurred in a hallway invisible to the audience, described secondhand.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Rapists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapists. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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