political criminal
Americannoun
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a person accused or convicted of a political crime.
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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
Sometimes broke, sometimes flush, sometimes acclaimed as a genius, sometimes chased as a political criminal, sometimes in palaces, sometimes in jail—Chateaubriand at length met Jeanne Recamier.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
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