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a person who has committed a crime
car thieves, pickpockets, burglars, and other criminals
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Recent Examples of criminals
Hackers are leveraging it to simplify and automate attacks, broadening the threat landscape to include opportunistic criminals who lack the technical expertise to launch sophisticated cyber-attacks on their own.
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Bankim Chandra, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
In essence, a credit freeze acts as a barrier, preventing criminals from opening new lines of credit or accounts in your name.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Others say police, when faced with lying criminals out to do harm, must sometimes lie and pressure them in the interests of public safety.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Some policing experts say that, properly used, the method can elicit truth from criminals who are lying.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Zelle issued a statement claiming that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s suit undermines Zelle, and will empower criminals and hurt small businesses and community banks.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Dimon cited cyber criminals and drug cartels who prefer using digital currencies as forms of payment from their victims because there are no regulatory safeguards for customers.
—Christopher White, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
In recent years, hospitals and other health care providers — whose data is particularly sensitive and whose operations are especially critical — have increasingly become a target of cyber criminals looking to cash in.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
That closeness is a testament to the skills of case officers, especially considering that spies regularly engage and build rapport with individuals who pose threats to American safety—criminals, terrorists, diplomats from the world’s most odious regimes.
—Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Bankim Chandra, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
In essence, a credit freeze acts as a barrier, preventing criminals from opening new lines of credit or accounts in your name.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Others say police, when faced with lying criminals out to do harm, must sometimes lie and pressure them in the interests of public safety.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Some policing experts say that, properly used, the method can elicit truth from criminals who are lying.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Zelle issued a statement claiming that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s suit undermines Zelle, and will empower criminals and hurt small businesses and community banks.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Dimon cited cyber criminals and drug cartels who prefer using digital currencies as forms of payment from their victims because there are no regulatory safeguards for customers.
—Christopher White, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
In recent years, hospitals and other health care providers — whose data is particularly sensitive and whose operations are especially critical — have increasingly become a target of cyber criminals looking to cash in.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
That closeness is a testament to the skills of case officers, especially considering that spies regularly engage and build rapport with individuals who pose threats to American safety—criminals, terrorists, diplomats from the world’s most odious regimes.
—Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Criminals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminals. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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