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perp
1[ purp ]
noun
- the perpetrator of a crime.
perp.
2abbreviation for
- perpendicular.
perp
/ ɜː /
noun
- informal.a person who has committed a crime
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of perp1
Example Sentences
Oswald was killed two days later by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby during a perp walk broadcast on live television.
Ali pointed to the Mangione’s perp walk, where he was surrounded by heavily armed law enforcement as well as Mayor Eric Adams.
He said it bore similarities to the perp walk of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, who killed 168 people in 1995.
Ali said that the perp walk demonstrates that New York officials are giving the shooting special weight, though he noted that the terror charge could be dropped as the trial approaches if prosecutors feel it might be hard to prove.
“It’s atypical—the way the whole case has been handled. You have Eric Adams, who is under indictment himself, at the perp walk,” Rahmani said.
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