Both Uses of
perpetrator
in
Gone with the Wind
- They kept the negroes stirred up with tales of cruelty perpetrated by the whites and, in a section long famed for the affectionate relations between slaves and slave owners, hate and suspicion began to grow.†
Chpt 4.31 *
- Men were insulted on the streets by drunken blacks, houses and barns were burned at night, horses and cattle and chickens stolen in broad daylight, crimes of all varieties were committed and few of the perpetrators were brought to justice.†
Chpt 4.37
Definition:
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(perpetrator) someone who has does something wrong -- usually something illegal