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perpetrator

[pur-pi-trey-ter] / ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪ tər /










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"The situation is now under control, and the perpetrator will be taken to court today," Chattogram Metropolitan Police spokesman Aminur Rashid told AFP.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Police said late Monday said there was "no basis on current knowledge" to assume a political or religious motive on the part of the perpetrator.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

There was no immediate word on the identities of the perpetrator or the identify of the person who died.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Roberts-Smith was by 2018 identified as the alleged perpetrator in several incidents – something he vehemently denied and launched a landmark defamation case over.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Joe was made to say in court what the victim remembered her assailant saying to her, but she testified that Joe's voice “could very easily be” that of the perpetrator.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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