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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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While undergoing the months-long program, offenders participate in half-day programming and half-day work, school, or vocational activities.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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The danger of restoring offenders has played out in less formal ways.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 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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To suggest that another candidate’s supporters are criminals — particularly when that candidate is, by all measures, poised to win at least a plurality of votes in the city — does not seem like a recipe for earning New Yorkers’ support.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Binance also lacked protocols — standard for financial services companies — to report transactions for money laundering risks, according to the Justice Department, and employees were well aware that such an oversight would invite criminals to the platform.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 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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Cullen, the federal judge in Charlotte, reduced McClure’s sentence on his guilty plea of possessing a firearm as a felon.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Langworthy has been charged with murder, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and having an assault weapon later discovered during a search of his home, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after the museum opened on Sunday morning, two bandits used a lift on a truck to break into its Galerie d'Apollon, which houses the French crown jewels and other treasures, through a second-floor window.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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