Man threatens to bomb dictionary over definition of "woman"

On Friday, April 22, 2022, the Justice Department announced that the FBI had apprehended Jeremy David Hanson, a 34-year-old resident of Rossmoor, California, who had made numerous threats of violence against the Springfield, Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Due to these threats, the publishing company closed its offices for five days in October 2021 out of concern for employee safety after Hanson sent messages to saying things such as:

The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot.