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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
But this was always a fraud issue, not an immigration issue, and the White House wrongly assumed that the perps mostly were in the U.S. without legal permission; on the contrary, most of them were and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or legal refugees.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Damien orders — which also happens to be the title of de Araújo’s autobiographical segment for The Moth — before dashing after the perp.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
Jackie was divorced and often the center of harassment from her fellow officers and perps.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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Noun
But Seiler, the CEO of STS Digital, believes there’s a downside to the expansion of perps, which let traders magnify their gains or losses.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
But this was always a fraud issue, not an immigration issue, and the White House wrongly assumed that the perps mostly were in the U.S. without legal permission; on the contrary, most of them were and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or legal refugees.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Damien orders — which also happens to be the title of de Araújo’s autobiographical segment for The Moth — before dashing after the perp.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
Jackie was divorced and often the center of harassment from her fellow officers and perps.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perp. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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perp
noun
: a perpetrator of a crime
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