perpetrators

noun

plural of perpetrator
as in offenders

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrators
  1. offenders
  2. criminals
  3. lawbreakers
  4. assassins
  5. bandits
  6. felons
  7. pirates
  8. crooks
Noun
  • For traffickers and offenders who rely on quick escapes along our state’s busy roadways, LPRs strip away their advantage.
    — Charles "Chuck" Broadway, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
  • The work paid off with stacks of citations across the Sacramento area, officials said, and steep costs for offenders — including a fine of $100,000 or more for one Del Paso Heights home’s pyrotechnic display.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of offenders
Noun
  • Supporters will argue that criminals should not be able to hide behind wallets.
    — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • And just like Alito, some members of my family have forgotten our history and support Trump or favor some of his immigration policies, dismissing new arrivals as criminals or lazy.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of criminals
Noun
  • Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Pinecrest police ends the Facebook post warning other neighbors in the area to stay vigilant, and for potential lawbreakers to stay far away.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of lawbreakers
Noun
  • Lucky Number Slevin, a movie about mistaken identity, rival crime syndicates, and assassins, was, for some reason (Josh Hartnett), one of the comfort movies of my childhood.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of assassins
Noun
  • Instead, most are romantic stories about young lovers separated by fate, and the rest are swashbuckling adventures full of bandits and pirates.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • Fantastical adventures ensue as the pair encounter a mysterious woman, Alexandra, who has lost her son, along with coyotes, bandits, and some pretty big secrets.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
Definition of bandits
Noun
  • They are convicted felons, after all.
    — Gerard S. Williams, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2026
  • Kochen’s defense attorneys argued that the magnitude of their client’s crime was not nearly as egregious as that of hundreds of other Medicare fraud felons in South Florida, which is recognized as the healthcare-fraud capital of the United States.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Definition of felons
Noun
  • There aren’t enough ships to protect the reopening trade routes from pirates.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of pirates
Noun
  • Some people, however, take more than others, with cops and crooks snagging the lion’s share while ordinary people divvy up the scraps.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
  • Had modern cryptographic algorithms been available to the crooks in this tale, Holmes would have been out of luck.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of crooks
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