Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits or has committed some objectionable or criminal act.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
perpetrates ; especially, one who commits anoffence orcrime .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
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Examples
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In both cases the perpetrator is a pre-defined Bad Guy who deserves everything he gets.
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Sotomayor says that this experience taught her how crime “destroys families” even years after the perpetrator is locked up.
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I don't think anyone, in principle, disapproves of revenge when the punishment imposed on the perpetrator is exactly the appropriate amount.
What's Wrong with REVENGE?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As to why someone might look at race without considering deeper issues — other than being a racist — I think that one factor would be the simple fact that the statistics that are kept on crimes often offer little detail say in regards to the cultural, economic, or family history of the individuals involved but most do include the race of the perpetrators (where the perpetrator is identified) and the victims.
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As tough as this procedure can be on you both physically and emotionally, you go through it because you know that gathering evidence of this crime will insure that the perpetrator is not only caught, but also incarcerated so that he can never hurt anyone again.
Neal Baer: Ending the Backlog Neal Baer 2010
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He added that the killing of the perpetrator is not the way to rebuild justice and to reconcile society.
Iraq 2008
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An accused perpetrator is one whose guilt is not yet established, so it is redundant to speak of an “alleged accused.”
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When an Adult Male holds an underage girl in complete captivity, and sexually assaults her over and over, and never acknowledges his crimes, what would you call the perpetrator of such evil acts!
Rep. Davis (R-KY) Apologizes For Calling Obama "That Boy" 2009
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Even if someone does report hearing gunfire, the chance of identifying the location and catching the perpetrator is remote.
Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007
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Even if someone does report hearing gunfire, the chance of identifying the location and catching the perpetrator is remote.
East Orange skips ahead of Plainfield with gun sensors Dan 2007
bilby commented on the word perpetrator
"Authors Joshua Holland and Michael Schwartz point out that the dominant narrative on Iraq—that most of the violence against Iraqis is being perpetrated by Iraqis themselves and is not our responsibility—is ill conceived. Interviewers from the Lancet report of October 2006 (Censored 2006, #2) asked Iraqi respondents how their loved ones died. Of deaths for which families were certain of the perpetrator, 56 percent were attributable to US forces or their allies. Schwartz suggests that if a low pro rata share of half the unattributed deaths were caused by US forces, a total of approximately 80 percent of Iraqi deaths are directly US perpetrated."
- Danielle Stanton, Tim LeDonne, and Kat Pat Crespán, 'Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation', projectcensored.org, 12 Oct 2008.
October 13, 2008