career criminal
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Not everybody has the resilience—or luck—to survive like Lily Dillon, the career criminal in “The Grifters” and one of Thompson’s fiercest characters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Holdrick, from Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, was described in court as a career criminal with convictions dating back to his teenage years.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
By its very nature the justice system is glacial, methodical, punctilious, and backward-looking in ways that make keeping up with the well-resourced, wealthy career criminal supremely challenging.
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2024
Hanson also is serving a life sentence for several federal convictions, including being a career criminal, that predate his state death sentence.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022
The use of Thug’s lyrics to portray him as a career criminal is a frequent tactic for prosecutors, said Dina LaPolt, a music industry attorney and member of the advocacy group Black Music Action Coalition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2022
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