Definition of perp
: a perpetrator especially of a crime
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The police, too, set up an important shot of their own: the perp walk.
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Given the role that reporting about Weinstein played in the torrent of allegations unleashed since October, seeing him undergo a perp walk on Friday had plenty of significance.
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The perp walk has been happening in New York for at least a hundred years.
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While Trump may not ever end up doing a perp walk, plenty of people in his wake have ended up and will end up under investigation, fired, disgraced or a combination of all three.
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Testing the kits isn't just about justice for one person, one victim; even after the statute of limitations has run out, the DNA from a kit can help exonerate the innocent or connect the perp to crimes in other jurisdictions.
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This means French Montana will be in and around the storyline, a key figure thanks to his involvement with the perp.
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News cameras clicked and rolled capturing Shkreli, in a grey hoodie but minus his usual smirk, on his perp walk that morning.
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Seemingly determined to avoid a perp-walk photo, Mr. de Vido turned himself in while law enforcement officers went to his apartment.
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First Known Use of perp
1968
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Definition of perp for English Language Learners
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: a person who commits a crime or does something wrong
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