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
  • Marion and Will place bets and Will reveals an adorable photo of his chihuahua, Betty, before the perp in question can't take the pressure and offers to talk.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Using two cantaloupes and some ketchup, Dexter demonstrates that the perp must have strangled his victim to death before dropping the body, accounting for the limited blood spatter.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of perp
Noun
  • Other potential responses focus on the perpetrators rather than the puppeteers, prosecuting the petty criminals who carry out acts of sabotage or, in the Baltic Sea, boarding and impounding the offending vessel, as Finland did recently, and following up with a court case.
    Tamar Jacoby, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In her petition, Conley wrote that deploying CHP officers and Solano County sheriff's deputies to Vallejo could help address crime, serve as a deterrent to potential criminals and provide support to an overworked police force.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • Having said that, Shinobi already means assassin so the name is a bit redundant.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of assassin
Noun
  • The alleged gunman’s digital footprint failed to unveil a coherent right-wing or left-wing ideology.
    Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
  • While Davis’ late nephew, Orlando Anderson, is widely believed to be the gunman responsible for 2Pac‘s murder, Davis has admitted in several interviews, as well as his own memoir, to being present in the vehicle with Anderson at the time of the shooting.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of gunman
Noun
  • Smith pleaded guilty on July, 9, 2024, to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, according to court records.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Abreu then took a plea deal and was sentenced to four years in the Texas Department of Corrections for attempted possession of a firearm by a felon.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of felon
Noun
  • Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.
    Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Nationwide, charging executives say the issue is more pronounced in urban centers, with particularly consistent problems in Las Vegas, Seattle, and Oakland, California. RELATED: Magid: EV shoppers finally have plenty of choices Many of these cord bandits are on the hunt for copper.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of bandit
Noun
  • This keeps malefactors from abusing the service to snoop on private data other than their own.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Definition of malefactor
Noun
  • Peter Duel also played an outlaw, Hannibal Heyes (aka Joshua Smith), on the light-hearted ABC series Alias Smith and Jones, which premiered in January 1971.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The intrigue: Her encounters with Billy the Kid — an American outlaw in the Old West linked to several killings — remain among her most popular and well-known Western frontier adventures.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of outlaw
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