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Recent Examples of perp
Cabot, clearly mortified, turned and hid her face, and Andy Byron sunk out of the frame like the guilty party in a lineup of potential perps.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The perp then sprayed the mother in the face and arm with the irritant as the train approached the Court Square-23rd St. station.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Our only response now is to tally up the psycho scoreboard on whose side the perp belongs to?
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 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
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The perp then sprayed the mother in the face and arm with the irritant as the train approached the Court Square-23rd St. station.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Our only response now is to tally up the psycho scoreboard on whose side the perp belongs to?
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
Noun
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That kind of content always fascinated me, both sides of it, actually, the victimology and the perpetrator’s perspective.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The surprise perpetrator The documentary shows the body camera footage from the day police confronted Kendra.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead of a sense of outrage leading to a search for a better solution for repeat violent offenders, her death generated calls for collective retribution and vigilante justice.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Our research suggests that the vast majority of Republican voters want to close loopholes that allow criminals and dangerous people to get their hands on guns.—
Gabby Giffords,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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The days of letting dangerous criminals terrorize American citizens are over.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As soon as he was convicted, huge numbers changed their minds and soon 58% thought felons should be able to be president.—
Sarah Stein Lubrano,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 2014, he was arrested on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The prominent conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was struck in the neck by an assassin’s bullet.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The search for Kirk’s assassin entered its third day Friday, with officials releasing new still photos of the person of interest, along with video of the person fleeing the scene after the shooting.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Godard’s Breathless is about a smalltime crook (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who, while on the run for killing a police officer, starts a relationship with an American aspiring journalist (Jean Seberg).—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Your report just might help the cops catch the crooks.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Over $200 Off NFL Sunday Ticket NFL fans can make out like bandits with the DraftKings Sportsbook welcome offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern were cast as the bumbling but dogged bandits, Harry and Marv, and Catherine O’Hara brought humor and compassion to the part of Kevin’s mother.—
Tim Greiving,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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EDTIn a press conference, authorities shared security camera footage of the gunman running across a roof and jumping down from a building before leaving the Utah Valley University campus.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk was shot and killed by a gunman at a Utah university while speaking to students.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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