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Recent Examples of perp
The agent delivered several defensive strikes to free his genitals from the perp’s grasp.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Robinhood rolled out its own perp offering in the EU a month earlier and is probably looking for a way to bring it stateside.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Robinhood rolled out its own perp offering in the EU a month earlier and is probably looking for a way to bring it stateside.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
Noun
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Lauderhill police said that in self-defense, the mother then stabbed the perpetrator, but even that wasn't enough to subdue her.—
Morgan Rynor,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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An unknown perpetrator threw several Molotov cocktails at a Russian center in Prague promoting culture and history, Czech police said on Friday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Holmes qualified for the reduced term under a 2023 rule change allowing first-time offenders to do less time for some non-violent crimes, according to an order issued Thursday by the federal judge who sentenced her in 2022 for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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And many Democrats see it as an effort to curb more liberal prosecutors who have embraced restorative justice policies, including steering nonviolent offenders away from prison sentences or taking more lax approaches to drug offenses.—
Riley Bunch,
AJC.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Cyber criminals linked to Iran have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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That convenience also gives criminals a perfect disguise.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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The weapons possession by a felon charge resulted in one year in jail, with credit for time served.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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They also were charged with being felons in possession of a weapon.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Lillian Cross, a doctor’s wife, ended up standing near the would-be assassin.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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She’s also consumed by vengeful rage, much of it directed at the unstable assassin Bullseye (Wilson Bethel).—
Bob Strauss,
Houston Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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The money is then often gone for good into the hands of the crooks.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Eventually Izzo slung his arm across Fears’ shoulders and pulled him into the crook of his shoulder.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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Set against mountainous landscapes and rural lakes, the story follows a wandering swordsman who is falsely accused of stealing a shipment of gold and must unravel a web of intrigue involving bandits, palace guards and corrupt officials while attempting to clear his name.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Alongside attacks by bandits, Nigeria is also plagued by an insurgency fought by the Boko Haram extremist group and its splinter faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Mangione faces numerous charges at the state and federal level in connection with the December 2024 assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two from Minnesota who was in New York City for a work conference when a gunman snuck up behind him and opened fire.—
Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him in the head from behind.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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