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Recent Examples of perp
Some were made from mug shots and perp-walk photos that highlighted how young, handsome and sane Mangione appeared.
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Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Now, when someone tries to unlock your phone, Bitdefender will silently send you a picture of the perp.
—PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
And since this is at least victim number three, the perp is now officially a serial killer.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2025
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
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Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Now, when someone tries to unlock your phone, Bitdefender will silently send you a picture of the perp.
—PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
And since this is at least victim number three, the perp is now officially a serial killer.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perp
Noun
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Or even those Californians, such as many in San Francisco and Los Angeles, who are just fed up with the perception that California is soft on criminals.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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To boost deportations, immigration officials have detained workers at their homes and jobs — a method that, in the past, had been reserved for only the most violent criminals.—
Ana Ley,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Carroll was charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a weapon by a repeat felony offender, a class X felony, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, a class 2 felony.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Xavier Crump, 28, of Oakland, was charged with forcible oral copulation, second-degree robbery, criminal threats and being a felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
28 May 2025
Noun
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King Shrewd secretly trains young Fitz as an assassin, harnessing his ancestral magic.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Startling video of the attack obtained by the Daily News shows one of the crooks turning back, after rifling through the cop’s pockets as the victim lay helplessly on the ground, and stomping on his head.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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This generation of cyber crooks buys and mines leaked records from last year’s 1.35 billion breach notices — everything from our email and phone numbers to recent purchases — to pre-fill their scripts.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
Noun
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But after a bandit attack leaves the children orphaned, the son dies.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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To make matters worse, it is hosted by former Family Feud kissing bandit Richard Dawson (who, let the record show, is a fantastic movie villain).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Israel’s campaign in Gaza The influential pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera aired on a loop what appeared to be mobile phone footage of the alleged gunman, wearing a suit jacket and slacks, being pulled away after the shooting, his hands behind his back.—
Maya Sweedler,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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That was proven last July when multiple security oversights allowed a crazed gunman to take shots at President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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The Sea Witch By Eva Leigh Canary Street Press: 448 pages, $19 (Aug. 26) Leigh has penned a pirate romantasy with an ultra-hot relationship at its center.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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However, the sugars in a molasses spray caused an increase of beneficial insects such as adult lacewings, lady beetles, weevil parasitoids, big-eyed bugs, minute pirate bugs, and adult hover flies.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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The sense of purpose that motivated Bush after 9/11, combined with his visceral antipathy to Saddam—who was, after all, one of the great malefactors of the modern age—brought moral clarity, as well as strategic myopia.—
Hal Brands,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Feb. 2023
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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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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perp. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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