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perp

1

[ purp ]

noun

, Police Slang.
  1. the perpetrator of a crime.


perp.

2

abbreviation for

  1. perpendicular.

perp

/ pɜːp /

noun

  1. informal.
    a person who has committed a crime


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Word History and Origins

Origin of perp1

C20: from perpetrate

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Example Sentences

One of them had not been given time to get dressed; he was perp-walked wearing only a pair of boxers.

The instant you are deemed a candidate for arrest, you become not so much a person as a “perp.”

The policeman then commandeers the dashcammed car and orders the driver to chase down the perp.

Next day, DSK was perp-walking his way, haggard and grizzled, into infamy.

The four surrendered to the First Precinct on Monday and were “perp walked” before the news cameras.

I raised my arms over my head like a prizefighter and made my exit from Social Studies and began the perp-walk to the office.

I did my key and did the perp-walk around the gang, letting everyone snap a pic.

Remember the window of the seven lights in the Abbey Church, the one with the angels ascending and descending; also the rich Perp.

Tried to draw the roof of the choir, a good specimen of early Perp., and failed.

The use of very large openings, for wide windows full of stained glass also made it increasingly necessary in the Dec. and Perp.

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