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The recent trial dredged up old memories, with some evidence suggesting gang loyalties pushed Echeverria and Pineda to commit the grisly crime — while prosecutor David Ayvazian alleged a more sinister motive.

Instead, “Him” wonders what kind of spiritual practice it is: hero worship or a sinister cult?

But when the encounter gets more tense, Mancuso unveils his lethal side, his smile dissolving into a sinister glare as he knocks a cup of hot coffee into Jake’s lap.

That series revolved around an aspiring comedian’s increasingly sinister encounters with an eccentric woman.

The fourth album by Dublin's Fontaines DC sees the quintet take their scratchy, sinister sound and run it through a Technicolor filter.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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