career criminal

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meaningsofcareerandcriminal

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career
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪər/us
/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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(Definition ofcareerandcriminalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We need to ensure that the criminal justice system targets also thecareercriminal.
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He, acareercriminalinvestigator, is the youngest-ever to hold that post.
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He was acareercriminalfrom the time he was a small child.
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He is acareercriminalwho later becomes a respectable businessman, more or less.
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However, according to criminologists, a habitual offender or acareercriminalis not necessarily a serial criminal.
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She has been arrested many times; she is acareercriminal.
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He has been described as acareercriminal.
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Another key reason, is that an honest solicitor was useless to acareercriminalof that era.
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Calhoun is also acareercriminalwith many arrests, which he often inadvertently mentions.
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Ram is abducted by acareercriminal.
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Andersen was a controversial character, because of his pre-war life as a well-knowncareercriminaland a series of incidents that occurred during the war years.
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If we can prevent young offenders from becoming tomorrow's career criminals, we will have done society a real service.
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Its object and underlying thrust is to target career criminals—dangerous and professional criminals—and to provide sentences appropriate to act as a deterrent.
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If we cannot take that action, we run the risk of those offenders becoming career criminals, committing more and more crimes against their community.
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We need to change the terms of trade against such career criminals.
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The greater the emphasis placed on that matter in children's formative years, the less prospect there will be of them becoming career criminals later in life.
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She soon became involved in drugs and gambling and had a number of friends who were ex-convicts and career criminals.
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Sentencing should reflect the legislative intent of the law, which is to target violent career criminals.
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The police are ineffective in dealing with career criminals and protecting the innocentand the local citizens lack the courage to take action themselves.
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