Thesaurus results for PERPETRATOR

perpetrator

noun

Definition of perpetrator

as in offender

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Recent Examples of perpetrator Child welfare agents said abuse may have occurred, but the perpetrator was unknown, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post. — Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Throughout Israel’s history, even in the rare cases of conviction of a soldier or a policeman for killing Palestinians, the maximum time a perpetrator spent in prison was three years and four months. — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 Before the crime is committed, a construction worker stares at the perpetrator in the back of the vehicle. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 In exchange for a lesser charge and freeing his mother, the perpetrator agrees to testify against the other two men, which ultimately leads to rape convictions for the two. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrator

Noun

His lacerating wit spares no member of his staff—a mix of true incompetents, off-putting savants, ticking time bombs, and onetime offenders prematurely consigned to professional purgatory.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Penalties increase if offenders cover their faces or someone is injured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 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

Noun

This can help prevent criminals from opening new credit accounts using your information.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Ford placed the inmate’s bid for clemency on the agenda of the state pardons board — an example, Lombardo claims, of the way Ford treats criminals.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of criminal

Noun

Jason Statham is back in action as former government assassin Adam Clay in the buzzy trailer for The Beekeeper 2, which Amazon MGM Studios dropped on Thursday.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
The alleged plot targeting Pannun unfolded at the same time that Hardeep Singh Nijjar, another prominent Sikh separatist and friend of Pannun, was gunned down and killed in June 2023 by assassins outside his gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of assassin

Noun

Officers were dispatched to a situation where they were pinned down by gunfire while three children were held hostage by a gunman.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Police say another teacher threw her phone at the attacker and wrestled with him before Giamanco shot and killed him after following the gunman into the building.

— Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of gunman

Noun

Salceda was charged with one count of murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
He was charged with first-degree murder with an enhancement of personal use of a firearm, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of felon

Noun

In The Death of Robin Hood, Hugh Jackman plays the bandit of Nottingham, aged and retired to a hermit's life in the wilderness.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
The father pulls over, and the car is immediately swarmed over by bandits, who brutally kill him — plus his wife and two kids — with no mercy.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 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

Definition of malefactor

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