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Recent Examples of perp
After an exchange of blows and pepper-spray, the trespasser ran off through an emergency exit — but not before sources said the perp stole the supervisor’s keys.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Your documents are already encrypted, and the perps are already demanding untraceable payment in exchange for the decryption key.
—PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
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
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Your documents are already encrypted, and the perps are already demanding untraceable payment in exchange for the decryption key.
—PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
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The Saturday Night Live alum, 31, and Beverly Hills Cop actor, 64, star in the action-comedy The Pickup as Travis and Russell, two security guards whose vehicle is hijacked by Zoe (Keke Palmer), a criminal on a mission to avenge her dad by robbing a casino.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Neighborhoods where residents get out and meet each other and know their law enforcement are safer and discourage criminals — that’s the thinking behind the National Night Out campaign.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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He was taken into custody on Tuesday, and now faces charges of murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Most of the federal charges allege machine gun possession or firearm possession by a felon, the news release stated.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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The deal paves the way for new installments for Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from amnesia.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Bloodsport, being an assassin who has a change of heart and becomes a hero, while also having a deep rat phobia, was fantastic.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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And finally, Harold von Kursk has the incredible story of how a group of first-time crooks pulled off one of the most audacious heists ever, stealing $40 million worth of gold bars from a warehouse at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
2 Aug. 2025
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Where to watch: HBO Max 'Riff Raff' There's a lot to love about this crime comedy starring Ed Harris as a former crook trying to live his life in peace with his wife (Gabrielle Union).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie weren’t worried about horseback bandits; their focus was on land rights, freight monopolies and who controlled the rails.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The victim was outside when he was approached by a gunman who opened fire in his direction.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Nearly 400 officers waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman in a classroom filled with dead and wounded children and teachers.—
JIM VERTUNO AND JOHN SEEWER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
13 Aug. 2025
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Learn all about the many groups, from Native Americans to Spanish pirates to English settlers to wealthy cotton planters to enslaved people, who have lived on the island and influenced its development at the Edisto Island Museum.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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John Cleese shows up as a pirate and tries to make a call from a payphone on the ship, while his parrot, who is in love with him, gripes that Cleese is neglecting her and should take her to dinner with all his doubloons.—
Sophie Brickman,
The Atlantic,
4 Aug. 2025
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Some malefactors even hire out farms of humans to defeat them in bulk. CAPTCHAs also have unexpected benefits for those who run them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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Its victims, malefactors, and investigators are largely without personality, their function being merely to leave or follow trails, and to wear out a reader with anticlimax after anticlimax.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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