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Recent Examples of perpetrator
That kind of content always fascinated me, both sides of it, actually, the victimology and the perpetrator’s perspective.
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Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The surprise perpetrator The documentary shows the body camera footage from the day police confronted Kendra.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
The dog descends a few stairs and continues barking loudly as the perpetrator tosses the dynamite into the courtyard.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
That may turn the civil case into a criminal case and requires a court hearing where a victim can provide more information against a perpetrator to the judge.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The official said no company stood out as a major perpetrator.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
In February, 2024, when a nursing student named Laken Riley was brutally raped and murdered by a Venezuelan immigrant in Georgia, Republicans at the state and national level argued that the perpetrator was connected to Tren de Aragua.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Similar claims were made about the perpetrator of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville in 2023, who also identified as transgender.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
San Francisco officials fought bitterly against Waymo and now-defunct Cruise robotaxis from General Motors, after their vehicles repeatedly blocked traffic and emergency vehicles, with Cruise the main perpetrator.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
The surprise perpetrator The documentary shows the body camera footage from the day police confronted Kendra.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
The dog descends a few stairs and continues barking loudly as the perpetrator tosses the dynamite into the courtyard.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
That may turn the civil case into a criminal case and requires a court hearing where a victim can provide more information against a perpetrator to the judge.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The official said no company stood out as a major perpetrator.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
In February, 2024, when a nursing student named Laken Riley was brutally raped and murdered by a Venezuelan immigrant in Georgia, Republicans at the state and national level argued that the perpetrator was connected to Tren de Aragua.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Similar claims were made about the perpetrator of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville in 2023, who also identified as transgender.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
San Francisco officials fought bitterly against Waymo and now-defunct Cruise robotaxis from General Motors, after their vehicles repeatedly blocked traffic and emergency vehicles, with Cruise the main perpetrator.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrator
Noun
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Biden’s autopen signature was used to issue major clemency orders in the final two months of his term that affected more than 4,000 individuals, including drug offenders and those placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
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Produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment, Law & Order examines the criminal justice system and tells the stories of the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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The cops had brought in a millionaire perp and maybe for the first time ever in Norfolk County, the hackerama couldn’t fix the case.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lawmakers in many states have changed the rules in recent decades to protect winners from being targeted by criminals and unscrupulous people asking for money.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Her Eco-Age consultancy, targeted by criminals and forced to close in 2024 after 17 years in business, had advised clients on industry developments, changes to government policies and practical guidance on how to avoid greenwashing.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With the help of an unpredictable assassin named Louie (Butler, who also plays the Pope), the pair embark on a dark and murderous journey to steal and authenticate the priceless work.—
Nada Aboul Kheir,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The two Kill Bill films, while still about crime and criminals and ninja assassins, set themselves apart from his earlier works.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The report detailed procedural missteps and communication gaps, resulting in the discipline of at least three officers in the gunman's chain of command.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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That's despite calls from agency staff for Kennedy to tone down such rhetoric after a gunman—who was influenced by vaccine misinformation and the vilification of the public health agency—sprayed the CDC campus with over 500 rounds and killed a local police officer last month.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two other teens, Jardan Anderson, 18, and Isaiah Daniels, 17, are charged with harboring and aiding a felon.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Yarbrough is a felon with no valid firearm owners’ identification card or conceal and carry license, according to Cook County circuit court filings.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
2 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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Are there ways that notorious bandits have successfully robbed banks?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 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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“Perpetrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrator. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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