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Criminal Macho Characteristic

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noun

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

29%10Characteristic of an excessively macho and dominant man
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26%10Criminal's characteristic acquiring new force
noun

• the state of being physically constrained

• a device that retards something's motion

• the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others

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