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Recent Examples of perp
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.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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
But even if your name is one in a million, a perp could offer up that name to the police, perhaps with a fake ID.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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
But even if your name is one in a million, a perp could offer up that name to the police, perhaps with a fake ID.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
Noun
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Many citizens have come to believe that for too long, the rights of criminals have trumped the rights of citizens to be safe and free from violence.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Doing so will also mitigate the economic impacts, as criminals do not contribute to the American economy.—
Douglas Schoen,
Orange County Register,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But these men remain felons convicted of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to stop the peaceful transfer of power between former President Joe Biden and Trump.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Andrews has been charged with capital murder and possessing a firearm as a felon, Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker said on Jan. 28.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The pint-sized assassin pulls a gun out of her fuzzy heart throw pillow and gets to work.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Assassin's Creed Shadows continues the everlasting war between noble assassins and shifty templars.—
Jordan Minor,
PCMAG,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Sorrentino may also be exorcising some conflicting feelings about his birthplace, which is portrayed as a vulgar, crude place populated by crooks and hicks and photographed like its paradise.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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The actor carried a medium black Peekaboo in the crook of her elbow, a crossbody strap emblazoned with the telltale double-F Fendi logo hanging down beside her.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This location can be found north of Tachov in the forests beside a bandit camp.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The bandit wheeled and snarled at Herod, exposing his rotting front teeth.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On October 7, Dekel Chen, 36, left his pregnant wife and two little daughters in the family safe room to go out and fight gunmen rampaging through the kibbutz.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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At the White House, though, Isaiah suddenly rises up, along with four gunmen, to assassinate the president.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Who didn't want to be like those kids going on adventures involving gangsters, pirate ships and best friends?—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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This 31-gallon storage box is a tidy option at a great price right now, and this resin delivery box is an attractive pick for anyone who worries about porch pirates.—
Clint Davis,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Jan. 2025
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This keeps malefactors from abusing the service to snoop on private data other than their own.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Jan. 2025
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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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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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