All 6 Uses of
predatory
in
Just Mercy
- Influential criminologists predicted a coming wave of "super-predators" with whom the juvenile justice system would be unable to cope.†
p. 159.5
- The predictions of "super-predators" proved wildly inaccurate.†
p. 160.0
- The juvenile population in America increased from 1994 to 2000, but the juvenile crime rate declined, leading academics who had originally supported the "super-predator" theory to disclaim it.†
p. 160.1
- In 2001, the surgeon general of the United States released a report labeling the "super-predator" theory a myth and stated that "[t]here is no evidence that young people involved in violence during the peak years of the early 1990s were more frequent or more vicious offenders than youths in earlier years."†
p. 160.2
- A school of fish zipped by my legs, and I stared at them in wonder until I realized that they might be fleeing some larger predator.†
p. 184.6 *
- Monroeville and Mobile newspapers freely printed assertions that Walter was a "drug kingpin," a "sexual predator," and a "gang leader."†
p. 210.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(predator) of animals: living by hunting and eating other animals
of people or organizations: exploiting or victimizing others -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, predator can refer to a type of military drone.