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Recent Examples of transgressorHelen is depicted variously in art and literature as both a transgressor and as a victim of abduction.—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
The offender fled in a red SUV in an unknown direction.
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Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
The program, which is likely to run in the afternoons or evenings, and would be open anyone looking to change careers, returning veterans and ex-offenders, Awwad said.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
That rogues’ gallery includes such reprobates as Maura Healey, the fake Indian, Ed Markey, Seth Moulton, crackpot leftist Juliette Kayyem…
Percentage of contribution Summers made to Democrats: 100 percent.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
22 Nov. 2025
Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent.
Her bone-chilling performance earned her the MTV Movie Award for best villain, beating out the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Mike Myers, Willem Dafoe and Colin Farrell in her category.
According to the department, at the time of the chase, Buban had multiple outstanding arrest warrants against him, including for being a felon in possession of a firearm, taking a vehicle without consent, false impersonation and petty theft.
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Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The charges included felon in possession of a firearm, petty theft, driving or taking a vehicle without consent, false impersonation, evading a police officer and failure to appear in court.
The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
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Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
Greylord was a watershed moment in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.