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Recent Examples of perpetrator
But as Sollima noted to TIME, no perpetrator has been sentenced for all eight double homicides, and the initial suspects sent police in circles while the bodies kept piling up.
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Advertisement The perpetrator of the attack is also never identified, an ambiguity that screenwriter Noah Oppenheim (The Maze Runner, Jackie) said was intended to prevent any audience scapegoating.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The cases feel grounded in real life and have texture beyond the basic facts, motive and perpetrator.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
In Bohn's case, after he was contacted on Facebook, the perpetrator persuaded him to move the conversation to Telegram.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The perpetrator may have better disguised their actions, or stalking behavior might just be less visible, like surveilling a person online.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, the accuser and perpetrator enter a bloodthirsty hunt where either side seeks after their own personal form of justice.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
By 2022, when a somewhat parallel atrocity took place in Buffalo, New York, involving a racially motivated mass shooting, the perpetrator’s livestream was quickly detected and shut down.
—John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
In the cases where four or more people were killed, every perpetrator was a man in his 20s to 40s, with an average age of 32.
—James Densley, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Advertisement The perpetrator of the attack is also never identified, an ambiguity that screenwriter Noah Oppenheim (The Maze Runner, Jackie) said was intended to prevent any audience scapegoating.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The cases feel grounded in real life and have texture beyond the basic facts, motive and perpetrator.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
In Bohn's case, after he was contacted on Facebook, the perpetrator persuaded him to move the conversation to Telegram.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The perpetrator may have better disguised their actions, or stalking behavior might just be less visible, like surveilling a person online.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, the accuser and perpetrator enter a bloodthirsty hunt where either side seeks after their own personal form of justice.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
By 2022, when a somewhat parallel atrocity took place in Buffalo, New York, involving a racially motivated mass shooting, the perpetrator’s livestream was quickly detected and shut down.
—John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
In the cases where four or more people were killed, every perpetrator was a man in his 20s to 40s, with an average age of 32.
—James Densley, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrator
Noun
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Conversely, the percentage of respondents who think juvenile offenders should be treated like adults has fallen from 65% in 2000 to a record-low 41% this year, the report said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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East Lansing's ordinance states that anyone found in violation will be issued a $25 fine for first time offenders.—
Eric Guzmán,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Proctor is one of the perps in Plymouth, and a victim in Norfolk.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In other court cases, some civil and some criminal, involving a total of nearly 300 additional hectares near Vlora, Shehu and his family members are accused of grabbing property through similar forgeries.—
Lindita Cela,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The trio has a surprisingly good theory about the implosion of the makeshift Astral Pulse; seems like Shroud never found the original, and someone has been outfitting low-level criminals with bootlegs that are going awry like Robert’s.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The government doesn't like to as a rule, like showcase of assassin artifacts.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Presidential assassins and all this dark stuff.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There is no evidence of an attacker at the University of Virginia after a gunman was reported near a library on campus, according to an emergency alert from campus police.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The gunman was hiding in the front seat.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Prosecutors have charged the man with burglary, peeking while loitering, invasion of privacy, possession of a firearm by a felon; possession of ammunition by a felon and unlawful entry on a property.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Edmondson was convicted of murder and possession of firearm by a serious violent felon following a two-day trial last month, according to the prosecutor's office.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Security analyst Nnamdi Obasi, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group think tank, explained that while extremist groups have wreaked havoc against both Christians and Muslims in the northeast of Nigeria, bandit groups have terrorized predominantly Muslim communities in the northwest.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The country has faced years of bloodshed from Boko Haram militants and armed bandits, whose motives are often linked more to territorial control and ransom than to religion.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Sea of Excrement, with its bobbing malefactors, is especially memorable.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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On social media, Tan was pugilistic to the point of belligerence, casting his political enemies as corrupt malefactors responsible for the despoliation of his beloved city.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Perpetrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrator. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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