perp

noun
🔊/pɜːp/
🔊/pɜːrp/
(North American English, informal)
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  1. a perpetrator (= a person who commits a crime or does something that is wrong or evil)作恶者;行凶者;犯罪者
    • The perp stole a police car and got away.那个罪犯偷了一辆警车逃跑了。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2