Definition of perp
: a perpetrator especially of a crime
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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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If an attack kills or incapacitates a police dog, the perp would be facing at least three and possibly 10 years behind bars.
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SexHarassment should be confined to situations where superior imposes himself on subordinate who feels unable to complain because of power of perp or feared consequences to victim’s employment.
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The perp did not get away with much before getting spotted and chased away by security.
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Having a clean perp, reborn as a soldier of the caliphate, makes the Amaq claim of credit safe, and unlikely to require regret later.
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As soon as the bomb goes off, Detective Stride, his partner, Maggie Bei, and FBI agents are looking for the perp.
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First Known Use of perp
1968
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: a person who commits a crime or does something wrong
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