offenders

Example Sentences

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A spokesperson says forces "are making strides in tackling the offenders", but the "ultimate goal" is prevention.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Now, a new dashboard shows the worst offenders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Roosevelt directed Garfield to engage in a three-step campaign: Build a record against targeted companies; leak their worst offenses to the press to generate outrage; then press Congress for action against the offenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The operation also netted three registered sex offenders: Mark Tyler, 66, of Perris; Dustin Jenks, 56, of Palm Springs; and Anthony Ramirez, 39, of Nuevo.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Another Reagan appointee, Judge Stanley Marshall, told a reporter, “I’ve always been considered a fairly harsh sentencer, but it’s killing me that I’m sending so many low-level offenders away for all this time.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander