Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One sho perpetrates; especially, one who commits or has committed some objectionable or criminal act.
Wiktionary
- n. One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
Examples
“In both cases the perpetrator is a pre-defined Bad Guy who deserves everything he gets.”
“Sotomayor says that this experience taught her how crime “destroys families” even years after the perpetrator is locked up.”
“As tough as this procedure can be on you both physically and emotionally, you go through it because you know that gathering evidence of this crime will insure that the perpetrator is not only caught, but also incarcerated so that he can never hurt anyone again.”
“I don't think anyone, in principle, disapproves of revenge when the punishment imposed on the perpetrator is exactly the appropriate amount.”
What's Wrong with REVENGE?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“As to why someone might look at race without considering deeper issues — other than being a racist — I think that one factor would be the simple fact that the statistics that are kept on crimes often offer little detail say in regards to the cultural, economic, or family history of the individuals involved but most do include the race of the perpetrators (where the perpetrator is identified) and the victims.”
“He added that the killing of the perpetrator is not the way to rebuild justice and to reconcile society.”
“An accused perpetrator is one whose guilt is not yet established, so it is redundant to speak of an “alleged accused.””
“When an Adult Male holds an underage girl in complete captivity, and sexually assaults her over and over, and never acknowledges his crimes, what would you call the perpetrator of such evil acts!”
“Even if someone does report hearing gunfire, the chance of identifying the location and catching the perpetrator is remote.”
“I have accepted obviously that the perpetrator is culpable for supporting the child pornindustry ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘perpetrator’.
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US - war on terror
mirandize, heavily-guarded h..., capture, manhunt, shootout, bloodied, suspect, gunshot wound, citywide lockdown, house-by-house se..., intelligence oppo..., naturalized Ameri... and 463 more...
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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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2nd part
prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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Reading 2nd Round
fugitive, hearth, elixir, perpetrator, surreal, tavern, stalk, strut, duress, cavil, intriguing, banister and 10 more...
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people (bad)
nouns for bad people / words that describe bad people.
goto the good people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )culprit, perpetrator, tormentor, swindler, bamboozler, nincompoop, thief, liar, back stabber, vandal, burglar, cheater and 85 more...
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crime scene propers
because I love watching criminal minds, csi, and cold case..
proclivity, asphyxiation, vicinity, agent, victim, peccant, schlimazel, bouleversement, reciprocity, lividity, evidence, perpetrator and 2 more...
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Words that should be heard in songs m...
Inspired by PossibleUnderscore's list of words overused in modern pop music.
giant squid, bamboo, colonic, herbivore, raptor, dodecahedron, largesse, sinuses, dim sum, carburetor, transubstantiation, wife and 54 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6689 more...
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madmelanie's Words
monkey, folderol, snark, snarky, flibbertigibbet, faith, asshat, pirouette, avuncular, exegesis, memento mori, verisimilitude and 379 more...
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Reading Random
Got unknown words randomly
delinquency, modicum, dissuade, incendiary, destitute, lachrymose, plight, ruse, empirical, pedantic, demography, giggle and 444 more...
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Units Of Language
Word:
-a unit of language consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.sulk, promenade, skulk, idle, subsequently, moody, paroxysm, felony, anent, generic, hallucinogen, synaesthesia and 215 more...
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Least Favorite Words
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Tweets
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bilby "Authors Joshua Holland and Michael Schwartz point out that the dominant narrative on Iraq—that most of the violence against Iraqis is being perpetrated by Iraqis themselves and is not our responsibility—is ill conceived. Interviewers from the Lancet report of October 2006 (Censored 2006, #2) asked Iraqi respondents how their loved ones died. Of deaths for which families were certain of the perpetrator, 56 percent were attributable to US forces or their allies. Schwartz suggests that if a low pro rata share of half the unattributed deaths were caused by US forces, a total of approximately 80 percent of Iraqi deaths are directly US perpetrated."
- Danielle Stanton, Tim LeDonne, and Kat Pat Crespán, 'Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation', projectcensored.org, 12 Oct 2008. Oct 13, 2008