Definition of "perp" [perp]

• Slang One who perpetrates a crime. (noun)

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• "Important points: the perp is a born-in-Pakistan immigrant who entered this country on a college visa in 1999 and was naturalized as a citizen a year ago."
• "As I have repeatedly said here, the perp is a bit player here."
• "Extramarital affairs hurt the people most closely involved and its a personal matter even if the perp is a hypocrite."