Jukes

American

[jooks] / dʒuks /

noun

the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a 19th-century sociological study of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness and its correlation with social degeneracy.

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Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme Jukes confirmed the Met was investigating Iranian-backed proxies linked to the recent incidents.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Jukes said it was having "as big an impact as the pursuit of corrupt officers in Sir Robert Marks' commissionership".

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

But Matt Jukes, the UK's Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, says it is relatively easy for police to infiltrate criminal groups because they are not ideologically aligned with the Iranian regime.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

But Mr Jukes found Telegram, host of several large groups in which disorder was organised and hate and disinformation were shared, hard to deal with.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

When Mary and I came to examine our ant-lion dragon the day after our adventures among the Morrowbie Jukes pits, we found him dead in the bottle of sand.

From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

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