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Recent Examples of perp
Five years later, Lori Loughlin has gone from pleading guilty in real life to busting perps on screen.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
Jamie pins the perp against the wall and, in a moment of poetic closure, Janko arrives and cuffs him using Badillo's handcuffs.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
But even if your name is one in a million, a perp could offer up that name to the police, perhaps with a fake ID.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
She was expected to survive the shooting as the perp remained at large.
—Shant Shahrigian, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
Jamie pins the perp against the wall and, in a moment of poetic closure, Janko arrives and cuffs him using Badillo's handcuffs.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
But even if your name is one in a million, a perp could offer up that name to the police, perhaps with a fake ID.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
She was expected to survive the shooting as the perp remained at large.
—Shant Shahrigian, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
Noun
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It’s widely expected that the administration will first seek to deport criminals who are in this country illegally.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
19 Jan. 2025
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Dave Chappelle not only touched on the L.A. County wildfires during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live but also spoofed the evacuations by pretending to be a criminal with a whole lot to hide.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
19 Jan. 2025
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How Much Have Trump's Legal Troubles Cost? Trump is on course to be first ever convicted felon to be sworn in as U.S. president, after he was found guilty last May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.—
Ryan Smith,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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That reality comes into sharp focus Monday when President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office as the first felon to do so after Bragg’s office formally secured his criminal conviction less than two weeks ago.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Peter and Rose are then tossed into a world of conspiracy involving White House officials, a metro bombing, assassins, the vice president's daughter, and Peter's own father — who, according to official record, was a traitor to his country.—
Ashley Boucher,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The assassins were working for Gordon Wick (Ben Cotton), the real culprit behind the DC Metro bombing along with Vice President Redfield (Christopher Shyer).—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2025
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During the hold-up at least one of the crooks opened fire, striking 37-year-old Yun Li in the head and a 42-year-old man in the face, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Cyber crooks do their research to sound real People unknowingly make the problem worse with social media posts by identifying family members — say your son Leo or your daughter Kate — in videos or photos.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
19 Dec. 2024
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At least 49 businesses have been robbed so far in the spree, according to the United Bodegas of America (UBA) trade group, which is offering a $5,000 bounty on the bandits.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
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Earlier this month, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on motorists there, killing three Israelis, including two women in their 70s.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Biden made several trips to the Palmetto State during his presidency, including to attend the funeral service of Rev. Clementa Pinckney following his murder in the shooting at Mother Emmanuel Church, where a white supremacist gunman killed nine worshippers in 2015.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2025
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In the finale, the kids are able to contact the New Republic to warn them about the pirates, and permanently drop the barrier around the planet, revealing the existence of At Attin for the first time to the rest of the galaxy.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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The port quickly became successful, attracting pirates, including the infamous Blackbeard, who used the island’s geography to launch surprise attacks on passing ships.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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This keeps malefactors from abusing the service to snoop on private data other than their own.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Jan. 2025
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If not properly secured, OTA updates may be intercepted and altered by malefactors, risking the reliability of the entire system.—
Klaudia Zaika,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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