perpetrator
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Authorities were investigating the incident but did not elaborate on the perpetrator.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
It was recovered two years later in Florence when the perpetrator tried to sell it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
“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
Victimization doesn’t just happen because a person from a minority group is standing around, there’s almost always a perpetrator.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
At one morning meeting, Ted gravely informs us that there has just been “an incident” and that the perpetrator is no longer with us.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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