perpetrator

noun

Definition of perpetratornext
as in offender

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrator
  1. perp
  2. criminal
  3. assassin
  4. gunman
  5. felon
  6. bandit
  7. malefactor
  8. outlaw
Noun
  • Five years later, Lori Loughlin has gone from pleading guilty in real life to busting perps on screen.
    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
Definition of perp
Noun
  • Murder on Music Row, an investigative podcast from The Tennessean, focuses on the 1989 murder of country music chart director Kevin Hughes, who tried to operate with integrity in a business full of sharks and criminals.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of criminals when confronted with the potential of being bitten by a police canine immediately surrender.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • Trump's turning of his head to face a jumbotron at the Butler County Pennsylvania Farm Grounds only a second before would-be assassin Thomas Crooks fired saved his life.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Mel Gibson returns to the director’s chair for the first time since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge for this high-flying action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg as an assassin tasked with eliminating a target (Topher Grace) while in flight with a federal agent (Michelle Dockery).
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of assassin
Noun
  • Tice, a freelance reporter who would be 43 years old now, was snatched by gunmen at a checkpoint near Damascus in August 2012 and has not been heard from since.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The gunman fired one shot, hitting Sadler four inches below his right armpit.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of gunman
Noun
  • Here's a look at what comes next: Will Trump take office as a felon?
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, the president has absolute authority to pardon any federal felon, but with the exception of an outlier like Donald Trump, most presidents trust the process.
    Bill Hamilton, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of felon
Noun
  • Police said the bowling bandit cut a large hole in the roof of Lanes Trains and Automobiles in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and rappelled down a rope to get inside.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Guided by Kudrow’s Penelope, the bandits embarked on epic adventures while evil forces were an obstacle.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Definition of bandit
Noun
  • 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
  • The season’s first two episodes created the impression that Masa’s former workplace would be a significant entity in the series, but it was quickly displaced by the yakuza, a more familiar, less interesting malefactor.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of malefactor
Noun
  • Named for its abundance of saloons in one area, Whiskey Row contains some of the town’s oldest historic spots that used to attract cowboys, settlers, gamblers and even outlaws.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • It’s fully loaded with lean-sensitive ABS, traction control and four riding modes including Rain - which softens the curves and helps keep you upright - and the proverbial Sport, for the outlaw in all of us.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of outlaw
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