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Evelyn wants to understand how this perp, who uses a wheelchair, arrived at this moment in his life.
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
In Unbreakable, Bruce Willis’ character could see visions of someone’s past misdeeds, and M. Night Shyamalan drained the color out of those high-angle, surveillance-like sequences, except for the perp’s clothing.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
When Badolato got to the scene, the body was still warm, and the perp’s head was resting on a bag of cookies.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
Though difficult to watch, there’s an undercurrent of hope as authorities try to catch a perp who is not unlike the bogeyman, hiding in the dark and waiting for his chance to take his victims.
—Eric Farwell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
In Unbreakable, Bruce Willis’ character could see visions of someone’s past misdeeds, and M. Night Shyamalan drained the color out of those high-angle, surveillance-like sequences, except for the perp’s clothing.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
When Badolato got to the scene, the body was still warm, and the perp’s head was resting on a bag of cookies.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
Though difficult to watch, there’s an undercurrent of hope as authorities try to catch a perp who is not unlike the bogeyman, hiding in the dark and waiting for his chance to take his victims.
—Eric Farwell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
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The film focuses on young Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) — who's accidentally left home alone over the holidays — and his clever plans to outwit a pair of criminals trying to rob his home on Christmas Eve.Athena Sobhan, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Trump has said deportations will focus on criminals first, as immigration enforcement has since former President Barack Obama's presidency.Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Detectives can pull video from the gun store and review evidence for a potential arrest for charges such as being a felon in possession of a firearm, violating a restraining order or violating terms of bail, the inspector said.Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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In most cases, those who do make these crossings face civil penalties, or removal, but they are rarely prosecuted as felons.Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Many others have expressed condemnation and voiced disgust with those showing support for the alleged assassin.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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There was little chance The Day of the Jackal, Peacock and Sky’s remake of Fred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 thriller, was going to do its titular assassin dirty in the end, especially since it was already announced the hit series (now a Golden Globe nominee!) would be getting a second season.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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The crooks eventually got caught (at least some of them) then served prison time (even fewer of them).Ed Herro, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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But plenty of crooks just swipe checks right from your mailbox.Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Guided by Kudrow’s Penelope, the bandits embarked on epic adventures while evil forces were an obstacle.Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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The bagel at the base of her breakfast bandit has a direct connection to her youth: The dough is prepared daily at A&S Bagels in Franklin Square, N.Y., not far from the streets where Chersevani developed a taste for a bagel and schmear.Tim Carman, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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Mangione was taken into custody Monday at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a customer recognized him based on photographs of the gunman distributed by NYPD.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Suspect Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper that police found near the scene and that officials say the gunman purchased at a nearby coffee shop while awaiting his target, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an unrelated news conference.Michael R. Sisak and Mark Scolforo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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This small doohickey works with Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery, an exclusive Prime member benefit that protects your packages from porch pirates and increment weather.Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: Also beware of virtual porch pirates, as one in five delivery package scam attempts starts via text message or messaging apps like WhatsApp or iMessage.Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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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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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
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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