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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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"However, this is an extremely unusual and lengthy sentence for a first time offender who committed nonviolent crimes."

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“However, this is an extremely unusual and lengthy sentence for a first time offender who committed nonviolent crimes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

With the White House in the background, her brother Sky Roberts spoke of how his sister, a prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had turned "pain into purpose".

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Those files exposed a friendship between the convicted sex offender and Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party grandee and Mr. Starmer’s choice for ambassador to Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Officer Delinko still dreamed of catching the offender and bringing him to justice.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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