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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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 16 Sep. 2025.
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