Thesaurus results for GUNMAN

gunman

noun

Definition of gunman

as in perpetrator

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Recent Examples of gunman Officer Bartholomew was killed in the line of duty by a gunman at Swedish Hospital in April. — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 Surveillance images released by police show the gunman aiming his weapon as well as sitting outside the club, looking at his phone. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 The gunman was arrested and charges are pending, police said. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Palencia said the gunman carried two magazines for the weapon and reloaded them after emptying the first one before turning the gun at himself. — CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gunman

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Noun

Others are inclined to rank evils according to the amount of savagery evident in the perpetrator, not to the damage inflicted on the world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
The victim described a perpetrator who was 24 to 25 years old, skinny and clean-shaven, with a clear speaking voice.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of perpetrator

Noun

The gun above School Girls’ mantelpiece is the skin-bleaching cream the girls refer to early in the play.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors said Washington had five previous felony convictions, including drug and weapons charges, and was not allowed to possess a gun.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of gun

Noun

Still, despite the typical procedural formula with cases tied to gun smugglers, cartel assassins and kidnappings, the show remains topical enough to keep viewers engaged.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Ali’s mournful assassin is trying to stay one step ahead of his enemies and, likewise, the movie fights like hell to elude conventionality.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of assassin

Noun

The gunner removes his tricorn hat and bows to another artillerist, giving him permission to load the cannon ball.

— Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026
This offseason, days before the Rams rocked the NFL by acquiring Garrett, Seattle quietly traded for Irv Charles, a special teams gunner from the New York Jets.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of gunner

Noun

Those illicit techniques include attaching a GPS tracker to a car or using cell-tower data to track a potential offender.

— Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
The repeat violent offender that attacked multiple women in Dilworth should have never been on the streets.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of offender

Noun

The Financial Action Task Force, the global money-laundering watchdog, has warned that criminals exploit citizenship and residency programs to conceal their identities, launder illicit wealth and evade justice.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The real risk is that a criminal could forge your signature on a deed or trick you into signing paperwork that transfers ownership, then file that document with the local office that maintains property records.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of criminal

Noun

They are huddled together around the camera, looking like a bizarre collection of bandits.

— Kyle Maclachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Elsewhere, a gang of highway bandits cons an unsuspecting family into stopping by the roadside, only to violently kill them, burn their bodies, and strip their car for parts.

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bandit

Noun

Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed Paya being cuffed and taken away on a golf cart by federal police before another video showed him in an orange jumpsuit being perp-walked to a helicopter.

— Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Total notional perp volume across both centralized and decentralized exchanges averaged about $150 billion per day this year, down from a high of near $200 billion/day last year, according to data compiled by CNBC.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of perp

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