All 3 Uses of
perpetrator
in
Hoot
- "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
Definition:
someone who has does something wrong -- usually something illegal