perp

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Recent Examples of perp When Elsbeth sits in on a rehearsal, she’s first dismayed by the script’s accusations of evidence planting, then delighted to see Mateo (probably her favorite perp to date), and finally, puzzled by how much the actors openly loathe their director. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2025 The prejudiced perp took off on foot in an unknown direction. Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025 Authorities have had no luck finding the perps in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, officials said Tuesday, and are asking for the public’s help. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025 In this perp’s youth, a seemingly nascent case of schizophrenia was exacerbated by habitual LSD use and the yellow nattering Thronglets, which convinced him that their chirping contains a cryptic, apocalyptic message. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
Noun
  • Recently, however, the technology has been used by criminals for purposes of sextortion.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • But with this bill, Republicans are laying the groundwork to gut safeguards that stopped criminals from getting these deadly weapons.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The 34-year-old man and his 25-year-old girlfriend, both Oakland residents, were charged with being felons in possession of firearms, possessing a machine gun, and possessing property that was stolen from the U.S. Coast Guard in Oakland, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
  • Records show Young pleaded guilty to mail theft and possession of a firearm by a felon.
    Olivia Lloyd July 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • In the twilight of her career, Parker still showed flashes of the once baby-haired assassin who shook up the WNBA.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • The Day of the Jackal follows a professional British assassin called the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), known only for his ruthless and mysterious methods, and Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch), an MI6 agent intent on hunting him down.
    Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, their owner, from San Francisco, California, even caught the duo cuddling up on the sofa together, as Taco curled in the crook of the dog's legs.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • Scout your plants regularly, inspecting new growth, both the tops and bottoms of leaves, and in the crooks of stems.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • To make matters even worse, snow pirates, survivalists, bandits, the colonial military force NEVEC, and other factions are fighting over land and resources.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 June 2025
  • But the project is also right at home for Laika, as it’s set in a secret forest just outside of Laika’s home in Portland and follows a girl whose baby brother is taken into the forest, only to discover an exotic world of talking animals and bandits.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The gunman was able to gain entry through their front door.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 9 July 2025
  • The senator then lunged at the gunman and was shot nine times.
    Steve Karnowski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • However, the very same ruling condemned Anthropic for its alternative sourcing method: using pirate websites.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • To make matters even worse, snow pirates, survivalists, bandits, the colonial military force NEVEC, and other factions are fighting over land and resources.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The sense of purpose that motivated Bush after 9/11, combined with his visceral antipathy to Saddam—who was, after all, one of the great malefactors of the modern age—brought moral clarity, as well as strategic myopia.
    Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This keeps malefactors from abusing the service to snoop on private data other than their own.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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