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Perpetrator

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per·pe·trate  (pûrp-trt)
tr.v. per·pe·trat·ed, per·pe·trat·ing, per·pe·trates
To be responsible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.
[Latin perpetrre, perpetrt-, to accomplish : per-, per- + patrre, to bring about (from pater, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots).]
perpe·tration n.
perpe·trator n.
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Noun1.Perpetratorperpetrator - someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
culprit
offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law


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No one can hope more fervently than I do that the perpetrator of these deeds will be found and punished.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
It was committed in the presence of slaves, and they of course could neither institute a suit, nor testify against him; and thus the guilty perpetrator of one of the bloodiest and most foul murders goes unwhipped of justice, and uncensured by the community in which he lives.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
Let the advocates of a falsely called Philanthropy plead as they may for the abrogation of the Irregular Penal Laws, I for my part have never known an Irregular who was not also what Nature evidently intended him to be -- a hypocrite, a misanthropist, and, up to the limits of his power, a perpetrator of all manner of mischief.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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