sadist
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On Wednesday, chief prosecutor Ute Lindemann described Brückner as a "dangerous, psychopathic sadist" and said he should be placed in preventive detention after serving his sentence.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
Fromm covers much of this ground again, analyzing Heinrich Himmler and Josef Stalin as case studies of the sadist driven by the need to dominate.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
In his sweeping 1965 novel “Dune,” Herbert introduced one for the ages: a corpulent, power-hungry sadist with the suitably sinister name of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
None of this is especially scary, but, if you’re patient, Wan delivers the kind of hilariously sick climax that only a sadist would spoil.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
So where does he get off to call me a public avenger and a sadist and everything?
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
Unlike narcissists, we found both psychopaths and sadists lack positivity about their prospects, which cancels out their liking of crypto.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2022
Instead, she adds clever touches to an extent that this book could be used as a blueprint for a world run by passive-aggressive sadists.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
"We didn't support sadists who had no place to exercise their practices," Kwasniewski said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
What kind of sadists would program seven of his films in a row?
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2018
That was before she went to school and learned what egocentric sadists they really were.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
