perpetrator
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“They open a case, then it’s closed. Perpetrator unknown, even if we give them pictures.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024
The results of the examination contrasted sharply with the Police Department’s initial account, titled “Death of Perpetrator in Police Custody, Within the Confines of the 120 Precinct.”
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2015
Despite the title of its report — Protecting the Force: Lessons from Fort Hood — there is only a single page dedicated to the chapter entitled "Oversight of the Alleged Perpetrator."
From Time • Jan. 20, 2010
Who the Perpetrator of this Parisian maleficence was, remained dark;—and would not be worth inquiring into at all, except for two reasons intrinsically trifling, but not quite without interest to readers of our time.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas
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