Thesaurus results for PERP

perp

noun

as in perpetrator

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Recent Examples of perp 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 Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch. —

Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025 Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch. —

Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Robinhood rolled out its own perp offering in the EU a month earlier and is probably looking for a way to bring it stateside. —

Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perp

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Noun

Authorities were investigating the incident but did not elaborate on the perpetrator.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Though his defense argued that there was no evidence tying Faust to the crime scene — and that Melton was the real perpetrator — he was found guilty on 12 charges for Baker's rape and murder.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026