perpetrator

Example Sentences

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“Now, with French authorities and the U.S. Department of Justice identifying Dmitry Klyuev as the mastermind, we finally see a trial against the key perpetrator of the $230 million fraud uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky.”

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The case was closed because the police were unable to identify the perpetrator.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

These arguments about legal standards for asylum shouldn’t result in a child being detained, because of the level of harm, and the perpetrator of the harm in the individual’s home country.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Then, a perpetrator arrived on Dec. 12 to collect the lobster shipment at a Taunton, Mass., cold-storage center, run by a third party, where a Rexing customer was storing the lobster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Finally, the prosecution presented testimony from the victim, who, despite being coached through a rehearsal of her testimony outside the presence of the jury, could not affirmatively identify Joe Sullivan as the perpetrator.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson