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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
After an exchange of blows and pepper-spray, the trespasser ran off through an emergency exit — but not before sources said the perp stole the supervisor’s keys.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Your documents are already encrypted, and the perps are already demanding untraceable payment in exchange for the decryption key.
—PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
When Elsbeth sits in on a rehearsal, she’s first dismayed by the script’s accusations of evidence planting, then delighted to see Mateo (probably her favorite perp to date), and finally, puzzled by how much the actors openly loathe their director.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Our only response now is to tally up the psycho scoreboard on whose side the perp belongs to?
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
After an exchange of blows and pepper-spray, the trespasser ran off through an emergency exit — but not before sources said the perp stole the supervisor’s keys.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Your documents are already encrypted, and the perps are already demanding untraceable payment in exchange for the decryption key.
—PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
When Elsbeth sits in on a rehearsal, she’s first dismayed by the script’s accusations of evidence planting, then delighted to see Mateo (probably her favorite perp to date), and finally, puzzled by how much the actors openly loathe their director.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perp. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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noun
: a perpetrator of a crime
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