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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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A congressional panel investigating late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has released transcriptions of interviews with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ted Waitt, the billionaire co-founder of Gateway computers.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Lutnick told the panel he had no personal or professional relationship with the sex offender.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

"It doesn't stop a determined offender", she says.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

But police officials said one helpful tool has been a law allowing investigators to aggregate the thefts of a repeat offender at the same store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry




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