All 3 Uses of
perpetrator
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- But who perpetrated that joke, let me ask?†
Chpt 5-6 *perpetrated = done (something wrong or illegal)
- From this view of things, then, comes the axiom that if you visit to discover the author of any bad action, seek first to discover the person to whom the perpetration of that bad action could be in any way advantageous.†
Chpt 17-18perpetration = something done that was wrong or illegal
- "That assassination was a mysterious affair," said Villefort, "and the perpetrators have hitherto escaped detection, although suspicion has fallen on the head of more than one person."†
Chpt 57-58
Definition:
someone who has does something wrong -- usually something illegal