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Noun
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But why did the perp throw mail around, as though looking for something specific?—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025 -
Cabot, clearly mortified, turned and hid her face, and Andy Byron sunk out of the frame like the guilty party in a lineup of potential perps.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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The Saturday Night Live alum, 31, and Beverly Hills Cop actor, 64, star in the action-comedy The Pickup as Travis and Russell, two security guards whose vehicle is hijacked by Zoe (Keke Palmer), a criminal on a mission to avenge her dad by robbing a casino.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Neighborhoods where residents get out and meet each other and know their law enforcement are safer and discourage criminals — that’s the thinking behind the National Night Out campaign.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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The deal paves the way for new installments for Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from amnesia.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Bloodsport, being an assassin who has a change of heart and becomes a hero, while also having a deep rat phobia, was fantastic.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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The victim was outside when he was approached by a gunman who opened fire in his direction.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The review revealed that police didn’t confront the gunman until 77 minutes after the first shots were fired at the school.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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He was taken into custody on Tuesday, and now faces charges of murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Most of the federal charges allege machine gun possession or firearm possession by a felon, the news release stated.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie weren’t worried about horseback bandits; their focus was on land rights, freight monopolies and who controlled the rails.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
8 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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Beyoncé, an ambassador for Levi’s, dressed in outlaw drag, arrives at a semi-deserted laundromat.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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Want to drink in the same bar as outlaw icons Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson?—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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“Perpetrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrator. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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