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Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The cops had brought in a millionaire perp and maybe for the first time ever in Norfolk County, the hackerama couldn’t fix the case.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
But as elusive perp CW was never found, the internet continues to hound her, with conspiracy theorists’ assumption of guilt only getting refreshed when a couple podcasters lure Madison into an interview that dredges up all the old Amanda Knox-like accusations.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
But why did the perp throw mail around, as though looking for something specific?
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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Noun
Robinhood rolled out its own perp offering in the EU a month earlier and is probably looking for a way to bring it stateside.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The cops had brought in a millionaire perp and maybe for the first time ever in Norfolk County, the hackerama couldn’t fix the case.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
But as elusive perp CW was never found, the internet continues to hound her, with conspiracy theorists’ assumption of guilt only getting refreshed when a couple podcasters lure Madison into an interview that dredges up all the old Amanda Knox-like accusations.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
But why did the perp throw mail around, as though looking for something specific?
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perp. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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perp
noun
: a perpetrator of a crime
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