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Per the letter, an analyst reviewing cases found that on June 11 a criminalist noted a match between four DNA profiles, suggesting the possibility of a repeat offender.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Nov. 2024
Watson would also be treated as a potential repeat offender.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Braves Luxury tax status: Over, repeat offender Preseason farm system ranking: 26th
Need for starting pitching: High
If not for the swarm of flesh-eating locusts that has ravaged their roster, the Braves wouldn’t have needed to make any trades at all.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
Currently, there is nothing to prevent someone from being a repeat offender and insanity prevails.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Of the three arrests, one involved a repeat offender.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
An accident is an unpreventable occurrence, not the logical and predictable conclusion of reckless driving by a repeat offender who chooses to drive at excessive speeds.
—Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Owner Joe Lacob said on The Athletic’s TK Show earlier this year that the club’s Plan A will be to dip under the luxury tax to avoid being a repeat offender.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
The bill would effectively nullify a 2023 state Supreme Court ruling holding that multiple convictions stemming from the same criminal complaint do not necessarily classify someone as a repeat offender.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Repeat offender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeat%20offender. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Legal Definition
repeat offender
noun
re·peat offender
: a person who has been convicted of a crime on more than one occasion
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