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Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
And the victims in Plymouth County are the perps next door in Norfolk.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
When one of their late-night robberies goes wrong, the FBI brings in Tom (Mark Ruffalo) — an agent coping with the aftermath of a family tragedy — to head up a task force charged with finding the perps.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
For more than two decades, Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson have been busting perps and fighting crime on NBC's Law & Order franchise.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
And the victims in Plymouth County are the perps next door in Norfolk.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
When one of their late-night robberies goes wrong, the FBI brings in Tom (Mark Ruffalo) — an agent coping with the aftermath of a family tragedy — to head up a task force charged with finding the perps.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perp. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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noun
: a perpetrator of a crime
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