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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang One who perpetrates a crime.
Wiktionary
- n. slang, law enforcement Perpetrator.
- adj. architecture Abbreviation of perpendicular.
Examples
“Important points: the perp is a born-in-Pakistan immigrant who entered this country on a college visa in 1999 and was naturalized as a citizen a year ago.”
Obama Targeting (FORMER) Immigration-Enthusiast GOP Senators–But They’re Feeling The Heat
“As I have repeatedly said here, the perp is a bit player here.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Where, According to Tort Law, Should Accused Criminals and Ex-Convicts Live?
“Extramarital affairs hurt the people most closely involved and its a personal matter even if the perp is a hypocrite.”
“They ticketed their car, their blocked their shots and they couldn't get what we call the perp walk going by.”
“And they couldn't get what we call the perp walk going by.”
“Authorities now believe that the perp is a mentally unbalanced male around 35, who was dressed in jeans and a tee-shirt at the time of the Piazzetta attack on Sunday.”
“COLLINS: We want to quickly get back to the news we began with at the top of the hour, the arrest of a top homeland security official, new pictures you're looking at now of what we call the perp walk.”
“Like -- they have what they call the perp walk and they didn't let me shave for a few days.”
“Let's talk about Douglas Faneuil -- no relation to the hall (ph) that I know of anyhow, but Faneuil is his name, and he has copped a plea, as they say, in cop talk, and there he is, you know, doing what they call the perp walk.”
“If a Mexican assaults a pretty good sized officer leaving him sprawled and flees leaving a van behind you have more than reasonable cause to believe he is, number one, in extreme fear of doing 20 years for a van load of drugs (this perp is now doing 10 years) and, number two, he has a gun.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘perp’.
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 212 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Life is just a four-letter word
Everyone's got their favorites. Here are some of mine.
snit, hobo, minx, kiln, loll, pelf, yegg, ugly, bumf, brio, biro, haha and 92 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DREAD
Words That Make Sense in Reverse Too! Bad news for a dyslexic, 'cause s/he's got no clue if s/he read the word correctly or not, as opposed to a palindrome (i.e., no mistake possible, cf. "Dyslexic...
tool, lever, nap, pool, leer, leek, desserts, strop, doom, ukiah, yaws, ward and 213 more...
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Oofy
States of being
seeress, honey bucket, donkeyman, poopyhead, halfwit, vixenish, galoot, hoity toity, shitkicker, miserabilist, wanker, clueless and 261 more...
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anadromous
Of fish, ascending rivers to spawn, eg, salmon
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Scriptie: NYPD Blue
I haven't seen this show in forever, but I used to watch reruns all the time.
pros, lawyer up, bookie, shy, stripper, c.i., i.a.b., psych, precinct, 15th, prostrate, take care of the ... and 17 more...
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Brooklyns Finest (2009)
Words from a 2009 'Brooklyns Finest' film.
pier, pull over, bookie, gwap, precinct, larceny, stain, perp, commissioner, rookie, hairbag, seasoned and 9 more...
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the hatelist
words and phrases I hate.
( vomit, randomness )
related:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/overused--1ladle, smarmy, vagina, urethra, ridonkulous, can i have a hit, perp, this particular i..., we're moving forward, leprechaun, frumpy, toodles and 23 more...
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Choppers
Words that have been cut down from their original glory, ie. apocopes, but are still 'understandable' in the chopped form. eg. doc for doctor. Most of them are horribilisms, I know :-( Let's keep t...
doc, rep, van, bus, fridge, pub, flu, hon, santa, diff, blog, exam and 49 more...
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yo
defenestrate, antipenultimate, emetophobe, emetophobia, clusterfuck, assclown, pamphlyer, distatch, arielism, scallop, regardless, unsung and 43 more...
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Schlockie: The Dark Half
Words and citations from Stephen King's 'The Dark Half'.
golf lies, dimbulb, boneatorium, perp, yea, lit, moulage, crawdaddy, dumpatorium, bank-teller, exercise wheel, presque vu and 34 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for perp.

michaelt42 Powerful weed. Jan 18, 2012
bilby "... he had had an unusually sweet run when it came to murder. Just four, and only one of the perps had run - Joe Rodway, after he blew his wife's brains out."
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King. Dec 31, 2007
yarb An improvement on "perpetrator". Sep 26, 2007
oroboros Prep in reverse. Jul 22, 2007