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
My parents think I’m a sadist, just for doing all the work that I do at once.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
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
For the first time, I recognize Eric for what he is: an Erudite disguised as a Dauntless, a genius as well as a sadist, a hunter of the Divergent.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
For example, sadists troll others on the Internet for enjoyment.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 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
It’s doubtful, though, that the Beard people will be able to peer into enough kitchens to guarantee that no future awards will go to sadists and creeps and career-killers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2018
There were, he supposed, sadists on both sides.
From Decision by Smith, H. R.
