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political criminal

American  
[puh-lit-i-kuhl krim-uh-nuhl] / pəˈlɪt ɪ kəl ˈkrɪm ə nəl /

noun

  • political criminals
    plural
  1. a person accused or convicted of a political crime.

  2. political prisoner.


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It’s an uncertainty at the heart of “Your Honor,” a 10-part thriller set amid a tangled web of political, criminal and racial rivalries, premiering Dec. 6 on Showtime.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2020

At MediaZona's launch, the founders said it would focus on stories censored by the Russian state -- stories about courts, prisons, arrests, convictions, riots in facilities and political criminal cases.

From Reuters ● May 9, 2016

The court on Monday will decide cases on congressional redistricting, lethal injection and power plant emissions, each with significant political, criminal justice and environmental ramifications.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015

Had he understood the risks — political, criminal and economic — behind the low share prices, the stocks might not have appeared quite so undervalued to him.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2015

Lombroso calls the political criminal the true precursor of the progressive movement of humanity.

From Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman

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