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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The perp then sprayed the mother in the face and arm with the irritant as the train approached the Court Square-23rd St. station.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Our only response now is to tally up the psycho scoreboard on whose side the perp belongs to?
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
After an exchange of blows and pepper-spray, the trespasser ran off through an emergency exit — but not before sources said the perp stole the supervisor’s keys.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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Noun
Cabot, clearly mortified, turned and hid her face, and Andy Byron sunk out of the frame like the guilty party in a lineup of potential perps.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The perp then sprayed the mother in the face and arm with the irritant as the train approached the Court Square-23rd St. station.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025
Our only response now is to tally up the psycho scoreboard on whose side the perp belongs to?
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
After an exchange of blows and pepper-spray, the trespasser ran off through an emergency exit — but not before sources said the perp stole the supervisor’s keys.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perp. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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noun
: a perpetrator of a crime
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