Thesaurus results for PERPETRATOR

perpetrator

noun

Definition of perpetrator

as in offender

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Recent Examples of perpetrator Others are inclined to rank evils according to the amount of savagery evident in the perpetrator, not to the damage inflicted on the world. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 The victim described a perpetrator who was 24 to 25 years old, skinny and clean-shaven, with a clear speaking voice. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 No one was ever convicted of the murders; the murder weapon was never found, and the perpetrator remains a mystery to this day. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026 The Perfect Lie has not yet been renewed for a second season, which would likely reveal who, exactly, the perpetrator is. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 The Housewife is certainly at its most potent during those earlier sequences, when Sheridan’s Lelyveld is under the mistaken impression that Hermine Ryan is the unwitting victim rather than the unrepentant perpetrator. — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The perpetrator has no convictions in North Carolina, but SLF is blaming Cooper. — Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026 The assertion that an assault is excusable—or simply did not happen—because a perpetrator failed to recognize his victim strips women of their fundamental humanity. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026 But despite that, and the fact that the perpetrator had been in the country legally for decades, the case still touched a nerve. — Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Those illicit techniques include attaching a GPS tracker to a car or using cell-tower data to track a potential offender.

— Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
The repeat violent offender that attacked multiple women in Dilworth should have never been on the streets.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of offender

Noun

Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed Paya being cuffed and taken away on a golf cart by federal police before another video showed him in an orange jumpsuit being perp-walked to a helicopter.

— Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Total notional perp volume across both centralized and decentralized exchanges averaged about $150 billion per day this year, down from a high of near $200 billion/day last year, according to data compiled by CNBC.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of perp

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The Financial Action Task Force, the global money-laundering watchdog, has warned that criminals exploit citizenship and residency programs to conceal their identities, launder illicit wealth and evade justice.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The real risk is that a criminal could forge your signature on a deed or trick you into signing paperwork that transfers ownership, then file that document with the local office that maintains property records.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of criminal

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But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Separately in the episode, River (Jack Lowden) and Sid (Olivia Cooke) are on the run from a pair of assassins, while the rest of the team circles the wagons en route to a safe house.

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of assassin

Noun

The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was killed by a gunman last year.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
The gunman vanished into a home while exchanging shots with deputies, and he was later found in one of the bedrooms, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of gunman

Noun

Federal agents have arrested a woman officials say supplied a gun to the felon who killed four police officers in a 2024 ambush in Charlotte, officials said Monday.

— Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
The man was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon involving a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm and resisting arrest.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of felon

Noun

Between Two Fires is a zippy historical monster story, where a bandit ex-knight and a young girl beset by visions have to contend with plague and inhuman monsters.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Snoopy and Woodstock line the outside of the bowl in costumes like cowboys, mummies, bandits, and witches.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of bandit

Noun

The malefactor re-wrote the entire introduction to Altman's Wiki entry in the past tense, according to Gadget Review.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Once a small-time robber, Pepper is now crumbling from advanced age and damage inflicted by many malefactors, including Pepper himself.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

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