Perpetrator
['pɜːpətreɪtə(r)] or ['pɜːrpətreɪtər]
Definition
(n.) One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.
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Examples
- I looked with interest upon this man, who was accused of being the perpetrator of a crime of violence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But, Mortimer, while I lie here, and when I lie here no longer, I trust to you that the perpetrator is never brought to justice. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh ye unhappy perpetrators of this horrid wickedness! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A small catalogue of evils, even if the perpetrators of them are few in number. Plato. The Republic.
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