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But for most of his career, readers identified him not with the rapist, who shows up in a single issue, but with the Sandman, the inexhaustible fountain of story.
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Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
But the hard graft of protecting vulnerable children, or prosecuting rapists, or enacting legislative change, is not what Musk is after.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
The 1970s American serial killer, rapist and necrophiliac Ted Bundy—who confessed to at least 30 murders—was the talk of the town long after his execution in 1989.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Renee Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold.
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—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
But the hard graft of protecting vulnerable children, or prosecuting rapists, or enacting legislative change, is not what Musk is after.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
The 1970s American serial killer, rapist and necrophiliac Ted Bundy—who confessed to at least 30 murders—was the talk of the town long after his execution in 1989.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Renee Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold.
…
Hardcover nonfiction
1.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for rapist
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapist. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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rapist
noun
rap·ist
ˈrā-pəst 
: an individual who commits rape
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