criminals

Example Sentences

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“Some folks are saying ‘I like the idea of going after criminals, but I don’t like the school raids and targeting grandmothers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Kaczynski, a once-gifted mathematician, was an outlier; criminals have lower IQs than Americans as a whole, surveys show.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

A pirate attack off Somalia is the work of a new group of "opportunistic criminals", security officials said on Tuesday, complicating a threat that costs the shipping industry billions of dollars.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Other than one queasy homage to “Deliverance,” the film’s handling of the showdown between this drab married couple and the cartoonish criminals is rarely gripping.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

I guess the juvenile court didn’t want kids feeling like they were real criminals with a trial and a sentencing by someone called a judge.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings