Pontius "Pie Late"; prolific

[sagehen]

>On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:20 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
>
>> ...  On the same show, an FBI spokesman explained that the fugitive
>> from yesterday's New Jersey shooting is "prolific and dangerous."
>> Wha ?  He's likely to have more criminal kids before he's caught ?
>
>malaprops (of all types) tend to induce bewilderment in me.  what was
>the right target word here?
>
>arnold

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I'm wondering  if perhaps the law enforcement lexicon has a new term
"profilic" to refer to some one who fits one of their likely-to-be-criminal
profiles (which, of course, they don't use!).
AM


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