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repeaters

noun

plural of repeater
1
as in offenders

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as in carbines

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  1. offenders
  2. automatics
  3. criminals
  4. muskets
  5. recidivists
  6. principals
  7. culprits
  8. lawbreakers
Noun
  • The Police Department has cracked down on speeding and street racing in recent years using drones and other technology to nab offenders, Oldoerp said.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Five offenders entered a Green Oaks business early Wednesday and used crowbars and sledgehammers to break into gaming machines, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of offenders
Noun
  • An exceptionally broad transmission lineup consists of the manual, six- and seven-speed dual-clutch automatics, an eight-speed automatic and a continuously variable automatic.
    — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Definition of automatics
Noun
  • Now federal investigators say criminals turned that everyday habit into a way to steal bank logins and drain accounts.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Trump, his family and his wealthy cronies are criminals spending taxpayers’ money and taking it with their underhanded deals with our enemies.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of criminals
Noun
  • Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
    — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
  • The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.
    — R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of muskets
Noun
  • Within the Moreton Bay area, a penal settlement for colonial recidivists was founded at Brisbane, followed by other penal establishments at Ipswich and on Stradbroke Island.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Gerald Ford, who was President during the peak of the arson wave, publicly mentioned the Bronx just once, to go by the American Presidency Project, and that was to commend Merola’s office for locking up recidivists.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Definition of recidivists
Noun
  • Those dollar amounts increase the following school year to $570 and $11,400 for principals, and $285 and $5,700 for assistant principals, the memo said.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • An EducationWeek Research Center study conducted earlier this year found that a majority of a nationally representative sample of 753 teachers, principals and district leaders use technology between one and four hours each day.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of principals
Noun
  • Rust Rings While food and liquids don’t typically stain the non-porous surface of a fireclay sink, pots and pans are more likely culprits.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Indeed, the series can be watched by both children and their parents, who can have fun trying to figure out who the culprits are together.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of culprits
Noun
  • The lawbreakers were gathered this day on a cliff and a nearby arch, a crowd of around 50 young people — 14- to 20-year-olds, mostly males.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of lawbreakers
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“Repeaters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeaters. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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