"blitz rapist"

[Mullins, Bill]

The term doesn't show up in a search on the Times of London.


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> This term appeared undefined in the local broadsheet. There
> are only six hits in Google, where the definition is found.
> Apparently, the term is more commonly used in the mother
> country, since Google notes the existence of a Brit rock
> group using this phrase as its name.
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> a "blitz rapist" -- someone who waits in hiding and suddenly attacks.
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> news/local/states/california/central_coast/6688703.htm - 34k
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