Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who perpetrates or is accused of perpetrating a crime.
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- noun slang, law enforcement
Perpetrator . - adjective architecture Abbreviation of
perpendicular .
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Examples
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As I have repeatedly said here, the perp is a bit player here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Where, According to Tort Law, Should Accused Criminals and Ex-Convicts Live? 2010
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Extramarital affairs hurt the people most closely involved and its a personal matter even if the perp is a hypocrite.
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Important points: the perp is a born-in-Pakistan immigrant who entered this country on a college visa in 1999 and was naturalized as a citizen a year ago.
Times Square Bomber Unpromising for Islam Apologists (but They Plug Away Anyhow) 2010
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Important points: the perp is a born-in-Pakistan immigrant who entered this country on a college visa in 1999 and was naturalized as a citizen a year ago.
Obama Targeting (FORMER) Immigration-Enthusiast GOP Senators–But They’re Feeling The Heat 2010
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Important points: the perp is a born-in-Pakistan immigrant who entered this country on a college visa in 1999 and was naturalized as a citizen a year ago.
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As I have repeatedly said here, the perp is a bit player here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Where, According to Tort Law, Should Accused Criminals and Ex-Convicts Live? 2010
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Important points: the perp is a born-in-Pakistan immigrant who entered this country on a college visa in 1999 and was naturalized as a citizen a year ago.
Obama Targeting (FORMER) Immigration-Enthusiast GOP Senators–But They’re Feeling The Heat 2010
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They ticketed their car, their blocked their shots and they couldn't get what we call the perp walk going by.
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And they couldn't get what we call the perp walk going by.
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Authorities now believe that the perp is a mentally unbalanced male around 35, who was dressed in jeans and a tee-shirt at the time of the Piazzetta attack on Sunday.
Veniceblog: 2004
oroboros commented on the word perp
Prep in reverse.
July 22, 2007
yarb commented on the word perp
An improvement on "perpetrator".
September 26, 2007
bilby commented on the word perp
"... he had had an unusually sweet run when it came to murder. Just four, and only one of the perps had run - Joe Rodway, after he blew his wife's brains out."
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King.
December 31, 2007
michaelt42 commented on the word perp
Powerful weed.
January 18, 2012