All 3 Uses
perpetrator
in
Hoot
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- "Because I wanted to catch the perpetrators," Officer Delinko replied.†
p. 62.9
- First, somebody pulling the survey stakes; then dumping the alligators in the latrines; then spray-painting his squad car while he was asleep inside—this was the work of bold and defiant perpetrators.
p. 77.8 *perpetrators = people who violated the law
- So officially he's our perpetrator, understand?
p. 219.6perpetrator = someone who did something wrong or illegal
Definitions:
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(1)
(perpetrator) someone who has does something wrong -- usually something illegal
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)