A journalist close to Prabakaran called him a "haunted man" trapped by a "paranoid" vision of the world.

Karr's own paranoid vision of death had not come true.

We see what's happening to him, but we're limited by his understanding, forced to share his blinkered and paranoid vision.

The paranoid vision turned real.

In this paranoid vision for the new millennium, all-powerful, all-seeing villainy resides not with the state but with private enterprise.

Draven had paranoid visions of ambush, of the young militia seizing the jeep and his guard detail's weapons.

They are also paranoid visions of turf wars, police raids and betrayals from all sides, culminating in deadly shootouts.

But that is not a paranoid vision of personal-data piracy.

This is, alas, not a paranoid vision but a true one.

With the paranoid vision of the true fundamentalist who has been pushed too far, Qutb saw connections everywhere.