sex offender
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sex offender
First recorded in 1910–15
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Comey has worked on cases against the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was convicted on prostitution-related charges involving his two ex-girlfriends last year.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Last week, the Bulwark reported that one of his campaign ads featured Ramaswamy meeting with a registered sex offender.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
Readings include a former president’s lecture about gender at Harvard, as well as the school’s own reports on its legacy of slavery and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to the university.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He added that the sex offender list was “not punishment” but “a tool for law enforcement to monitor who may potentially cause a risk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
It focused on the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and who he called the “Epstein class” of elites in both parties.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
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